Gibson Island (Nunavut)

Gibson Island
Geography
Location	Franklin Strait
Coordinates	71°47′0″N 095°20′0″W / 71.78333°N 95.33333°W / 71.78333; -95.33333 (Gibson Island)Coordinates: 71°47′0″N 095°20′0″W / 71.78333°N 95.33333°W / 71.78333; -95.33333 (Gibson Island)
Archipelago	Canadian Arctic Archipelago
Administration
Canada
Territory	Nunavut
Region	Kitikmeot
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited

Gibson Island is located in Nunavut's Kitikmeot Region within the northern Canadian Arctic. It is in Franklin Strait, west of the mainland's Boothia Peninsula, and 26.5 km (16.5 mi)^[1] southwest of Murchison Promontory.

References

Islands of the Kitikmeot Region

	Admiralty Beverly Bryde Clarence De la Roquette Dixon Finlayson Gateshead Gibson Hat Hay Hobday Hovgaard Jenny Lind Keith King William Little Camping Matty Melbourne Minto Montreal Prince of Wales Royal Geographical Society Stefansson Sutton Tasmania Tennent Victoria

Islands of Bathurst Inlet	Algak Barry Chapman Ekalulia Fishers Galena Iglorua Kanuyak Lewes Marcet North Quadyuk Patsy Klengenberg Quadyuk Rideout Shoe Stockport Triple Walrus Wignick

Islands of Coronation Gulf	Aiyohok Akvitlak Anchor Bate Berens Black Berry Blaze Breakwater Cheere Cockburn Couper Deadman Doak Duke of York Edinburgh Entry Haodlon Hatoayok Hepburn Hokagon Home Jameson Kabviukvik Kigirktaryuk Kingak Lawford Leo Mangak Miles Nanortut Nanukton Nauyan Nichols Onitkok Outcast Outpost Piercey Porden Richardson Sesqui Seven Mile Sir Graham Moore Sisters Takhoalok Wilmot

Islands of the Gulf of Boothia	Astronomical Society Copeland Harrison Hecla and Fury Helen Lady Parry Martin Pouncet Susanna Wales

See also Canadian Arctic Archipelago, Islands of the Kivalliq Region, Islands of the Qikiqtaaluk Region

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