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Sunday Island (Nunavut)

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Sunday Island (Nunavut) is located in Nunavut
Sunday Island (Nunavut)
Location within Nunavut
Sunday Island (Nunavut) is located in Canada
Sunday Island (Nunavut)
Location within Canada
Geography
LocationJames Bay
Coordinates54°22′N 80°46′W / 54.37°N 80.77°W / 54.37; -80.77 (Sunday Island)
ArchipelagoArctic Archipelago
Administration
Canada
Nunavut
Qikiqtaaluk
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

Sunday Island is one of several uninhabited Canadian arctic islands in Nunavut, Canada located within James Bay. Nearby are the Bear Islands.

The island is surveyed for polar bear summer refuge.[1]

References

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  1. ↑ Derocher, Andrew E. (1998). Polar bears: proceedings of the Twelfth Working Meeting of the IUCN/SSC Polar Bear Specialist Group, 3-7 February 1997, Oslo, Norway. IUCN/SSC Polar Bear Specialist Group Working Meeting. IUCN. p. 81. ISBN 2-8317-0459-6.