Coats Island

Coats Island
Native name:
ᐊᑉᐸᑑᕐᔪᐊᖅ
Appatuurjuaq
Coats Island, Nunavut
Coats Island is located in Nunavut
Coats Island
Coats Island
Coats Island is located in Canada
Coats Island
Coats Island
Geography
LocationHudson Bay
Coordinates62°30′N 083°00′W / 62.500°N 83.000°W / 62.500; -83.000 (Coats Island)[1]
Area5,498 km2 (2,123 sq mi)
Highest point185 m (607 ft)
Administration
Canada
NunavutNunavut
RegionKivalliq
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

Coats Island (Inuktitut: ᐊᑉᐸᑑᕐᔪᐊᖅ, Appatuurjuaq)[2] lies at the northern end of Hudson Bay in the Kivalliq Region of Nunavut. At 5,498 km2 (2,123 sq mi) in size, it is the 107th largest island in the world, and Canada's 24th largest island.

The island has areas of federal crown land and areas of private land owned by Inuit, however, the last permanent residents left in the 1970s.[3] With no permanent settlements, the island is also the largest uninhabited island in the northern hemisphere fully south of the Arctic Circle. It was the last home of the Sadlermiut people who are widely believed to represent the Dorset culture.

  1. ^ "Coats Island". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved May 21, 2023.
  2. ^ INUIT HERITAGE TRUST. Place Names Program. Coral Harbour Traditional Place Names
  3. ^ "Coats Island". bsc-eoc.org. Archived from the original on June 12, 2011. Retrieved May 5, 2009.

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