Spencer Island

Island in Nunavut, Canada

53°30′22″N 79°42′43″W / 53.506°N 79.712°W / 53.506; -79.712 (Spencer Island)ArchipelagoArctic ArchipelagoAdministration
Canada
NunavutNunavutRegionQikiqtaalukDemographicsPopulationUninhabited

Spencer Island is one of several uninhabited Canadian arctic islands in Nunavut, Canada located within James Bay. It is situated 19 km (19,000 m) northwest from North Twin Island.[1] During surveys in James Bay[when?], polar bears were sighted using the island for summer refuge.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Twin Islands". oceandots.com. Archived from the original on 23 December 2010. Retrieved 20 April 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ Derocher, Andrew E. (1998). Polar bears: proceedings of the Twelfth Working Meeting of the IUCN/SSC Polar Bear Specialist Group, 3–7 February 1997, Oslo, Norway. IUCN/SSC Polar Bear Specialist Group Working Meeting. IUCN. p. 81. ISBN 2-8317-0459-6.
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Islands of the Qikiqtaaluk Region
 
Belcher IslandsIslands of Cumberland SoundIslands of Davis StraitIslands of Foxe BasinIslands of Frobisher BayIslands of the Gulf of BoothiaIslands of Hudson BayIslands of Hudson StraitIslands of James Bay
Islands of the Labrador SeaQueen Elizabeth Islands
Ellesmere Island
Parry Islands
Sverdrup Islands
Islands in italics are inhabited. See also Islands of the Kitikmeot Region, Islands of the Kivalliq Region
See also Islands of the Kitikmeot Region, Islands of the Kivalliq Region.


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