Payne Islands

Payne Islands
Payne Islands is located in Nunavut
Payne Islands
Payne Islands
Payne Islands is located in Canada
Payne Islands
Payne Islands
Geography
LocationNorthern Canada
Coordinates59°58′N 69°41′W / 59.96°N 69.69°W / 59.96; -69.69 (Plover Island)
ArchipelagoArctic Archipelago
Ungava Bay Archipelago
Total islands100 (Plover Islands and Payne Islands combined)
Area1,250 km2 (480 sq mi)
(Plover Islands and Payne Islands combined)
Administration
Canada
NunavutNunavut
RegionQikiqtaaluk
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

The uninhabited Payne Islands are an archipelago, members of the Arctic Archipelago and the Ungava Bay Archipelago, in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. They are located in Payne Bay, a waterway in western Ungava Bay, just east of the Arnaud River (formerly the Payne River) and the community of Kangirsuk on Quebec's Ungava Peninsula.

Note: The Atlas of Canada does not recognise this appellation; presumably the Payne Islands are the islets of Nanuk, Agvik, and Akunok.