Foley Island

Foley Island
Foley Island, Nunavut.
Foley Island is located in Nunavut
Foley Island
Foley Island
Foley Island is located in Canada
Foley Island
Foley Island
Geography
LocationFoxe Basin
Coordinates68°30′N 75°00′W / 68.500°N 75.000°W / 68.500; -75.000 (Foley island)
ArchipelagoArctic Archipelago
Area637 km2 (246 sq mi)
Administration
Canada
NunavutNunavut
RegionQikiqtaaluk
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

Foley Island is a low-lying Canadian arctic island located in Nunavut, Canada. It is along the southern coast of Baffin Island in the Foxe Basin and measures 637 km2 (246 sq mi) in area.[1] Foley Island is uninhabited.

The first written recording of the island's existence was in 1948, as were neighboring Prince Charles Island and Air Force Island, by a Royal Canadian Air Force crew member, Albert-Ernest Tomkinson, navigating an Avro Lancaster.

  1. ^ "Foley Island". oceandots.com. Archived from the original on December 23, 2010. Retrieved 2008-10-20.