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Massey Island is an uninhabited island in the Bathurst Island group,
Qikiqtaaluk Region The Qikiqtaaluk Region, Qikiqtani Region (Inuktitut syllabics: ᕿᑭᖅᑖᓗᒃ ) or Baffin Region is the easternmost, northernmost, and southernmost administrative region of Nunavut, Canada. Qikiqtaaluk is the traditional Inuktitut name f ...
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, Canada. It is located in the
Arctic Ocean The Arctic Ocean is the smallest and shallowest of the world's five major oceans. It spans an area of approximately and is known as the coldest of all the oceans. The International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) recognizes it as an ocean, a ...
, south of Île Vanier (across
Pearse Strait Pearse Strait is a waterway in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. It separates Île Vanier (to the north) from Massey Island (to the south). To the west, the strait opens into the Byam Martin Channel The Byam Martin Channel () is a natu ...
) and north of
Alexander Island Alexander Island, which is also known as Alexander I Island, Alexander I Land, Alexander Land, Alexander I Archipelago, and Zemlja Alexandra I, is the largest island of Antarctica. It lies in the Bellingshausen Sea west of Palmer Land, Antarc ...
and
Île Marc Île Marc is one of the Canadian arctic islands in Nunavut, Canada. It lies in the Boyer Strait, south of Massey Island, and north-west of Alexander Island. "Ile Marc" is named to honour Marc Boyer who served as deputy-minister of the federal d ...
(across
Boyer Strait Boyer Strait is a waterway in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. It separates Massey Island (to the north) from Alexander Island (to the south). Île Marc Île Marc is one of the Canadian arctic islands in Nunavut, Canada. It lies in the ...
). It has an area of , long and wide. The island is named for former
Governor General of Canada The governor general of Canada (french: gouverneure générale du Canada) is the federal viceregal representative of the . The is head of state of Canada and the 14 other Commonwealth realms, but resides in oldest and most populous realm ...
Vincent Massey Charles Vincent Massey (February 20, 1887December 30, 1967) was a Canadian lawyer and diplomat who served as Governor General of Canada, the 18th since Confederation. Massey was the first governor general of Canada who was born in Canada after ...
.


References


Sea islands: Atlas of Canada; Natural Resources Canada


External links


Massey Island
in the
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- Toporama; Natural Resources Canada Islands of the Queen Elizabeth Islands Uninhabited islands of Qikiqtaaluk Region {{QikiqtaalukNU-geo-stub