Geography | |
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Location | Northern Canada |
Coordinates | 69°55′00″N 097°19′59″W / 69.91667°N 97.33306°W |
Archipelago | Canadian Arctic Archipelago |
Area | 55 km2 (21 sq mi) |
Administration | |
Canada | |
Territory | Nunavut |
Region | Kitikmeot |
The Clarence Islands are a Canadian Arctic island group in the Nunavut Territory. The islands lie in the James Ross Strait, 16 kilometres (10 miles) east of Cape Felix, off the northeast coast of King William Island. They are about 40 km (25 mi) west of Kent Bay on the Boothia Peninsula, and about 40 km (25 mi) northwest of the Tennent Islands.