Marvin Islands

Island group in Nunavut, Canada

Marvin Islands

Marvin Islands

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Marvin Islands

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Geography
Location| Arctic Ocean
Coordinates| 82°59′N 73°37′W﻿ / ﻿82.983°N 73.617°W﻿ / 82.983; -73.617﻿ (Marvin Islands)
Administration

Canada

Nunavut| Nunavut
Region| Qikiqtaaluk
Demographics
Population| Uninhabited

The uninhabited Marvin Islands are located in the Arctic Ocean across the mouth of Disraeli Fiord,[1] in northern Ellesmere Island within the Quttinirpaaq National Park. Ward Hunt Island lies to the northwest. The island group is a part of the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada.[2]

The islands are named after Ross Gilmore Marvin, a member of two Arctic expeditions led by Robert Peary.[3]

## References

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1. ^ Hattersley-Smith, Geoffrey (1957). "The rolls on the Ellesmere ice shelf" (PDF). Calgary: Arctic Institute of North America. p. 33\. OCLC 36586486. Retrieved 2008-08-06.
2. ^ "Marvin Islands, Nunavut". atlas.nrcan.gc.ca. Archived from the original on 2012-07-01. Retrieved 2008-08-06.
3. ^ "Names of Elmirans in Arctic". Star-Gazette. Elmira, New York. November 2, 1955. p. 19. Retrieved September 11, 2022 - via newspapers.com.

## External links

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* Marvin Islands in the Atlas of Canada \- Toporama; Natural Resources Canada

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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

Belcher Islands|

* Bradbury
* Broomfield
* Bun
* Cake
* Camsell
* Dove
* Fair
* Flaherty
* Innetalling
* Karlay
* La Duke
* Loaf
* Mata
* Mavor
* Moore
* Nero
* Ney
* O'Leary
* Range
* Renouf
* Snape
* Split
* Tukarak
* Twin Cairns
* Walton
* Wiegand

Islands of Cumberland Sound|

* 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

Islands of Davis Strait|

* Aggijjat
* Akuglek
* Alikdjuak
* Angijak
* Broughton
* Idjuniving
* Kekertaluk
* Kekertuk
* Kekerturnak
* Manitung
* Monumental
* Nedlukseak
* Nudlung
* Nunatsiaq
* Nuvuktik
* Paallavvik
* Pilektuak
* Qaqulluit
* Rock
* Satigsun

Islands of Foxe Basin|

* Air Force
* Bird
* Bray
* Foley
* Igloolik
* Kapuiviit
* Koch
* Nirlirnaqtuuq
* North Tweedsmuir
* Prince Charles
* Qikiqtaarjuk
* Rowley
* Siuraq
* South Tweedsmuir
* White
* Winter

Islands of Frobisher Bay|

* Algerine
* Alligator
* Anchorage
* Aubrey
* Augustus
* Bear
* Beveridge
* Bishop
* Brigus
* Brook
* Bruce
* Cairn
* Camp
* Carter
* Chase
* Coffin
* 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

Islands of the Gulf of Boothia|

* Crown Prince Frederik
* Glen
* Honeyman
* Lavoie
* Sabine
* Wales

Islands of Hudson Bay|

* Awrey
* Big
* Booth
* Bronson
* Commodore
* Cox
* Digges
* Eddy
* Elsie
* Fraley
* Frazier
* Gilmour
* Harrison
* J. Gordon
* Johnnys
* Kugong
* Long
* Mansel
* Marcopeet
* McCormack
* Moore
* Nuvuk
* Ottawa
* Pattee
* Perley
* Smith

Islands of Hudson Strait|

* 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

Islands of James Bay|

* 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

Islands of the Labrador Sea|

* Brevoort
* Cape Chidley
* Christopher Hall
* Hozier
* Hudson
* Ilikok
* Jackson
* Killiniq
* Knight
* Leybourne
* Little Hall
* Muingmak
* Rogers

Queen Elizabeth Islands|

| Ellesmere Island|

* Ellesmere
* Ward Hunt

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Parry Islands|

* Alexander
* Baillie-Hamilton
* Bathurst
* Beechey
* Berkeley
* Borden
* Brock
* Browne
* Buckingham
* Byam Martin
* Cameron
* Cheyne
* Coburg
* Cocked Hat
* Cornwall
* Cornwallis
* Crescent
* Des Voeux
* Devon
* Dundas
* Edmund Walker
* Eglinton
* Ekins
* Emerald
* Exmouth
* Fairholme
* Findlay Group
* Garrett
* Graham
* Griffith
* Grosvenor
* Hans (with Greenland)
* Helena
* Houston Stewart
* Hoved
* Hyde Parker
* John Barrow
* Little Cornwallis
* Lougheed
* Lowther
* Mackenzie King
* Moore
* Marc
* Margaret
* Massey
* Melville
* Nookap
* Norman Lockyer
* North Kent
* Patterson
* Philpots
* Pim
* Pioneer
* Prince Patrick
* Princess Royal
* Seymour
* Skraeling
* Spit
* Stupart
* Table
* Thor
* Truro
* Vanier

Sverdrup Islands|

* Amund Ringnes
* Axel Heiberg
* Ellef Ringnes
* Fay
* Gretha
* Haig-Thomas
* Hat
* King Christian
* Meighen
* Stor
* Ulvingen

Islands in italics are inhabited. See also Islands of the Kitikmeot Region, Islands of the Kivalliq Region

See also Islands of the Kitikmeot Region, Islands of the Kivalliq Region.

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