Mansel Island (Inuktitut: Pujjunaq), a member of the Arctic Archipelago, is an uninhabited island in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut. It is located in Hudson Bay off of Quebec's Ungava Peninsula.[2] At 3,180 km2 (1,230 sq mi) in size, it is the 159th largest island in the world, and Canada's 28th largest island. Its topography features a gently undulating limestone lowland with elevations not exceeding 100 m.
Native name: Pujjunaq | |
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 Aqua MODIS satellite image of Mansel Island, Canada from July 2003. | |
 Mansel Island, Nunavut | |
  Mansel Island  Mansel Island | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Hudson Bay |
| Coordinates | 61°59′30″N 79°50′00″W / 61.99167°N 79.83333°W[1] |
| Archipelago | Arctic Archipelago |
| Area | 3,180 km2 (1,230 sq mi) |
| Administration | |
Canada | |
| Territory | Nunavut |
| Region | Qikiqtaaluk |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 0 |
Mansel Island was named in 1613 by Sir Thomas Button[3] after Vice-Admiral Sir Robert Mansell.
References
edit- ^ "Mansel Island". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
- ^ Mary Lu Abbott (2006-02-05). "Native expedition to the Arctic frontier". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2009-02-01.
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Hood, Robert; C. Stuart Houston (1994). To the Arctic by Canoe, 1819-1821: The Journal and Paintings of Robert Hood, Midshipman with Franklin. McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. p. 16. ISBN 978-0-7735-1222-1. Retrieved 2008-09-28.
...named by Button in 1613, after Vice-Admiral Sir Robert Mansel (1573-1653).
Further reading
edit- Aylsworth, J. M., and W. Shilts. Surficial Geology of Coats and Mansel Islands, Northwest Territories. [Ottawa]: Energy, Mines, and Resources Canada, 1991. ISBN 0-660-13745-3
- Comock. Comock: the True Story of an Eskimo Hunter as told to Robert Flaherty. Photographs by Robert Flaherty. Text by Robert Flaherty and Edmund Carpenter. Jaffrey, N.H.: David R. Godine, 2003.
- Furnell, D. J. Summer Polar Bear Tagging on Mansel Island, N.W.T. [Yellowknife]: N.W.T. Wildlife Service, Govt. of the Northwest Territories, 1979.
- Polunin, Nicholas. Additions to the Floras of Southampton and Mansel Islands, Hudson Bay. Contributions of The Gray Herbarium, Harvard University, No.165. 1947.