Monumental Island

Island in Nunavut, Canada

This article is about the island in Canada. For the island in New Zealand with the same name, see Auckland Islands.

Monumental Island

Native name:

Umiannguaq

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Geography
Location| Davis Strait
Coordinates| 62°46′N 63°51′W﻿ / ﻿62.767°N 63.850°W﻿ / 62.767; -63.850﻿ (Monumental Island)[1]
Archipelago| Arctic Archipelago
Administration

Canada

Nunavut| Nunavut
Region| Qikiqtaaluk
Demographics
Population| Uninhabited

Monumental Island (Inuktitut: ᐅᒥᐊᙳᐊᖅ, romanized: Umiannguaq) is a Baffin Island offshore island located in the Arctic Archipelago in the territory of Nunavut. The island lies in Davis Strait, almost halfway between Lady Franklin Island and Little Hall Island.

Monumental Island was named by Charles Francis Hall, an Arctic explorer, as a tribute to the memory of Sir John Franklin.[2]

## References

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1. ^ "Monumental Island". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
2. ^ Hall, Charles Francis (1865). Arctic researches, and life among the Esquimaux : being the narrative of an expedition in search of Sir John Franklin, in the years 1860, 1861, and 1862. New York: Harper & Brothers. pp. 549. OCLC 5357849. "Monumental Island."

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* 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
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* Qikiqta
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* Qimivvik
* Round
* Russell
* Saglaarjuk
* Saglirjuaq
* Salikuit
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* Spicer
* Stephens
* Trinity
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* Loaf
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* Mavor
* Moore
* Nero
* Ney
* O'Leary
* Range
* Renouf
* Snape
* Split
* Tukarak
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* Walton
* Wiegand

Islands of Cumberland Sound|

* Akulagok
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* Aupaluktok
* Aupaluktut
* Blacklead
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* Drum
* Ekallulik
* Iglunga
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* 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

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* Air Force
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* 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
* 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
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* Pink Lady
* Pope
* Potter
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* Pugh
* Qarsau
* Quadrifid
* Redan
* Resor
* Sale
* Scalene
* Sliver
* Smith
* Sybil
* Thompson
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* Commodore
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* Digges
* Eddy
* Elsie
* Fraley
* Frazier
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* 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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* Berkeley
* Borden
* Brock
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* Fay
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* Meighen
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