- Source: Wales Island (Nunavut)
Wales Island (Inuktitut: Shatook) is one of the uninhabited Canadian arctic islands in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut. Located 1.5 kilometres (0.9 miles) off the Melville Peninsula, the island is situated in Committee Bay within western Gulf of Boothia. It has an area of 1,137 square kilometres (439 square miles).
Named Prince of Wales Island by the Scottish Arctic explorer, Dr. John Rae, it was subsequently shortened to Wales Island.
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Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Prince of Wales Island
- Semenanjung
- Pulau Somerset (Nunavut)
- Daftar zona waktu
- Pulau Ellesmere
- Daftar kota di Kanada
- Angkatan Kepolisian Kerajaan Kanada
- Daftar semboyan negara di dunia
- Pulau Hans
- Daftar nama tempat panjang
- Wales Island (Nunavut)
- Prince of Wales Island (Nunavut)
- Prince of Wales Island
- Russell Island (Nunavut)
- Cornwall Island (Nunavut)
- List of islands of Canada
- Wales (disambiguation)
- Belcher Islands
- Somerset Island (Nunavut)
- Wales Island
