Umingmalik
Island in Nunavut, Canada
70°34′35″N 100°24′46″W / 70.57639°N 100.41278°W / 70.57639; -100.41278Canada
Umingmalik formerly Gateshead Island[1] is an island located in the Kitikmeot Region of Nunavut, Canada. Located in M'Clintock Channel, the area of Gateshead Island is around 220 km2 (85 sq mi).[2] It is an important polar bear denning area.[3]
This is a different island than the one visited by Richard Collinson, commanding HMS Enterprise, while searching for John Franklin.[4]
References
- ^ Government of Canada, Natural Resources Canada. "Place names - Umingmalik". www4.rncan.gc.ca. Archived from the original on 2017-07-25. Retrieved 2021-07-04.
- ^ "Gateshead Island". Archived from the original on December 23, 2010. Retrieved 2009-03-14.
- ^ "Polar Bear Denning Area at Gateshead Island, Northwest Territories" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2011-05-24. Retrieved 2007-11-28.
- ^ Barr, William (2007-06-01). "Chapter 13. Results and Reactions, Then and Later". Arctic Hell-Ship: The Voyage of HMS Enterprise 1850-1855. The University of Alberta Press. pp. 235. ISBN 978-0-88864-472-5.
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Islands of the Kitikmeot Region
- Beverly
- Bryde
- Clarence
- De la Roquette
- Dixon
- Finlayson
- Gibson
- Hay
- Hobday
- Hovgaard
- Keith
- King William
- Little Camping
- Matty
- Minto
- Montreal
- O'Reilly
- Prince of Wales
- Putulik
- Qikiqtagafaaluk
- Qikiqtaryuaq
- Qikiqtaryuaq (Queen Maud Gulf)
- Royal Geographical Society
- Stefansson
- Sutton
- Tasmania
- Tennent
- Umingmalik
- Victoria
- Winter
- Algaq
- Aupilaktuq
- Barry
- Chapman
- Galena
- Iqalulialuk
- Igluhugyuk
- Marcet
- North Quadyuk
- Patsy Klengenberg
- Qannuyak
- Qannuyak (Barry Islands)
- Qikiqtaryuaq (Bathurst Inlet)
- Quadyuk
- Shoe
- Stockport
- Triple
- Walrus
- Wignick
- Aiyohok
- Akvitlak
- Anchor
- Bate
- Berens
- Black Berry
- Blaze
- Cockburn
- Couper
- Deadman
- Doak
- Duke of York
- Edinburgh
- Haodlon
- Hatoayok
- Hepburn
- Hokagon
- Home
- Ivuniryuaq
- Jameson
- Kabviukvik
- Kigirktaryuk
- Kitaagunnaat
- Kingak
- Lawford
- Leo
- Mangak
- Miles
- Nakahungaqtuaryuit
- Nallukatarvik
- Nanortut
- Nanukton
- Nattiqtuut
- Nauyan
- Nichols
- Onitkok
- Outcast
- Porden
- Richardson
- Sesqui
- Seven Mile
- Sir Graham Moore
- Sisters
- Takhoalok
- Ungiiviit
- Astronomical Society
- Copeland
- Harrison
- Hecla and Fury
- Helen
- Lady Parry
- Martin
- Pouncet
- Somerset
- Susanna
- Wales
Islands in italics are inhabited. See also Canadian Arctic Archipelago, Islands of the Kivalliq Region, Islands of the Qikiqtaaluk Region
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