Wales Island (Nunavut)
Native name: Shartoo | |
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_2020-08-09_Sentinel-2_L2A_Highlight_Optimized_Natural_Color.jpg) Sentinel-2 image (2020) | |
  Location within Nunavut  Location within Canada | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Gulf of Boothia's Committee Bay |
| Coordinates | 68°01′N 86°40′W / 68.017°N 86.667°W |
| Archipelago | Arctic Archipelago |
| Area | 1,176.81 km2 (454.37 sq mi) (2026)[1][2] |
| Area rank | 44th in Canada & 296th worldwide |
| Administration | |
Canada | |
| Nunavut | |
| Qikiqtaaluk | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 0 |
Wales Island{efn|Inuktitut: Shatook)[3]}} is an uninhabited island in the Arctic Archipelago. Part of the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, located 1.5 km (0.93 mi) off the Melville Peninsula, the island is situated in Committee Bay within the western Gulf of Boothia. It has an area of 11,176.81 km2 (4,315.39 sq mi).[1][2] Named Prince of Wales Island by the Scottish Arctic explorer, Dr. John Rae, it was subsequently shortened to Wales Island.[3]
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[edit]- 1 2 "Global Islands (USGS, ESRI, UNEP-WCMC)". 16 March 2026. Retrieved 19 July 2026.
- 1 2 "Global Islands (USGS, ESRI, UNEP-WCMC) - USGSEsriWCMC GlobalIslandsv3 BigIslands". 16 March 2026. Retrieved 22 July 2026.
- 1 2 Strangers among us. Native and Northern Studies. Vol. 103. McGill-Queen's Press. 1995. p. 103. ISBN 0-7735-1348-5.