Augustus Island
Island in Nunavut, Canada
63°34′48″N 067°40′48″W / 63.58000°N 67.68000°W / 63.58000; -67.68000 (Augustus Island)Canada
Augustus Island is one of the many uninhabited Canadian Arctic islands in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut. It is a Baffin Island offshore island located in inner Frobisher Bay. The island lies at the head of Ward Inlet, between Becher Peninsula and Hall Peninsula. Bruce Island is located at the mouth of the inlet. Other islands in the immediate vicinity include Algerine Island, Frobisher's Farthest, McBride Island, and Pichit Island.[1]
The island was named by American Arctic explorer Charles Francis Hall.[2]
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Islands of the Qikiqtaaluk Region
- Adams
- Akpatok
- Alfred
- Allen
- Arvalik
- Aulattivik
- Aulitivik
- Aulitiving
- Baffin
- Barth
- Beacon (Ungava Bay)
- Bergesen
- Bjarnason
- Bylot
- Davids
- Dexterity
- Diana
- Edgeworth
- Eider
- Elder
- Fraser
- Gyrfalcon
- Hamilton
- Imiliit
- Imiqqutailaqtuuq
- Kaigosuiyat
- Kilian
- Lady Franklin
- Landslip
- Lock
- Low
- Marvin
- Mumiksaa
- Nakoaiyet
- Nova Zembla
- Old Squaw
- Otrick
- Pandora
- Payne
- Peter Richards
- Pilattuaq
- Pisiktarfik
- Plover
- Prescott
- Prince Leopold
- Prince of Wales
- Qikiqta
- Qikiqtaaluk
- Qimivvik
- Round
- Russell
- Saglaarjuk
- Saglirjuaq
- Salikuit
- Saneruarsuk
- Simialuk
- Somerset
- Spicer
- Stephens
- Trinity
- Vesey Hamilton
- Vivian
- Wollaston
- Yeoman
- Young
- Akulagok
- Anarnittuq
- Aupaluktok
- Aupaluktut
- Blacklead
- Clear Passage
- Drum
- Ekallulik
- Iglunga
- Imigen
- Ivisa
- Kaigosuit
- Kangigutsak
- Kekertelung
- Kekerten
- Kekertukdjuak
- Kudjak
- Maktaktujanak
- Miliakdjuin
- Moodie
- Nimigen
- Nunatak
- Nuvujen
- Opingivik
- Sanigut
- Saunik
- Shakshukowshee
- Shakshukuk
- Tesseralik
- Tuapait
- Upajjana
- Utaqqiurviarjuruluk
- Utsusivik
- Wareham
- Algerine
- Alligator
- Anchorage
- Aubrey
- Augustus
- Bear
- Beveridge
- Bishop
- Brigus
- Brook
- Bruce
- Cairn
- Camp
- Carter
- Chase
- Coffin
- Crimmins
- Crowell
- Culbertson
- Daniel
- Dog
- Eden
- Emerick
- Falk
- Faris
- Field
- Fletcher
- Frobisher's Farthest
- Gabriel
- Gardiner
- Gay
- Gross
- Halford
- Hantzsch
- Harper
- Hill
- Jenvey
- Kodlunarn
- Kudlago
- Kungo
- Lefferts
- Leopold
- Loks Land
- Long
- Low
- Luella
- Mair
- Mark
- Mary
- McAllister
- McBride
- McLaren
- McLean
- Metela
- Mitchell
- Monument
- Nest
- Nouyarn
- Ogden
- Pan
- Peak
- Pichit
- Pike
- Pink Lady
- Pope
- Potter
- Precipice
- Ptarmigan
- Pugh
- Qarsau
- Quadrifid
- Redan
- Resor
- Sale
- Scalene
- Sliver
- Smith
- Sybil
- Thompson
- Whiskukun
- Crown Prince Frederik
- Glen
- Honeyman
- Lavoie
- Sabine
- Wales
- Anguttuaq
- Aulatsiviit
- Avingasittuit Siqinirsipangat
- Beacon (Hudson Strait)
- Black Bluff
- Bush
- Button
- Charles
- Clark
- Dolphin
- Dorset
- Edgell
- Erhardt
- Goodwin
- Gudmusson
- Hector
- Holdridge
- Ijjuriktuq
- Ivvitsa
- Kaavvijjuaq
- King
- Kinngarjuaq
- Lacy
- Lavoie
- Lawson
- Leading
- Lower Savage
- MacColl
- Mallik
- Middle Savage
- Mill
- Naniruaq
- Niels
- Nottingham
- Nunarijjait
- Nuvuktiqpaaraaluk
- Nuvursiit
- Observation
- Point
- Poodlatee
- Qaqqannalik
- Qaiqsuarjuk
- Qikiqtaalujjuaq
- Qikiqtarjuaq
- Qikiqtarjuarusiq
- Resolution
- Saarru
- Salisbury
- Saqajaa
- Sheer
- Strathcona
- Takijualuk
- Ukaliqtuuq
- Ungirlauttat
- Upirngiviaaluk
- Akimiski
- Bear
- Big
- Cape Hope
- Carey
- Charlton
- Grey Goose
- Gull
- Jacob
- Moore
- North Twin
- Paint Hills
- Solomons Temple
- South Twin
- Spencer
- Stag
- Strutton
- Sunday
- Trodely
- Twin
- Walter
- Weston
- Brevoort
- Cape Chidley
- Christopher Hall
- Hozier
- Hudson
- Ilikok
- Jackson
- Killiniq
- Knight
- Leybourne
- Little Hall
- Muingmak
- Rogers
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