Mallik Island

Mallik Island
Mallik Island is located in Nunavut
Mallik Island
Mallik Island
Mallik Island is located in Canada
Mallik Island
Mallik Island
Geography
LocationHudson Strait
Coordinates64°14′N 76°38′W / 64.23°N 76.63°W / 64.23; -76.63 (Mallik Island)
ArchipelagoArctic Archipelago
Administration
Canada
NunavutNunavut
RegionQikiqtaaluk
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited
Mallik Island is in the centre, with Dorset Island's Cape Dorset in the foreground and Baffin Island's Foxe Peninsula in the background.
Mallikjuaq Thule site.

Mallik Island (variant: Mallikjuaq Island, meaning "big wave")[1] is one of the uninhabited Canadian arctic islands of Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is located in Hudson Strait between Baffin Island's Foxe Peninsula and Dorset Island. Mallik Island and Dorset Island are joined by sand and boulders. Cape Dorset, an Inuit hamlet, is approximately 4.5 km (2.8 mi) away.[2]

  1. ^ "Mallikjuaq Territorial Park" (PDF). New Parks North. 10. dsp-psd.pwgsc.gc.ca: 34. March 2001.
  2. ^ "Mallik Island". travelingluck.com. Retrieved 2009-02-16.