Île Vanier is one of the

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, Canada. Located at 76° 10′ N 103° 15′ W, it has an area of . It has length of and width of . To the north, across the Arnott Strait, is Cameron Island, and to the south, across the Pearse Strait, is

Massey Island Massey Island is an uninhabited island in the Bathurst Island group, Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is located in the Arctic Ocean, south of Île Vanier (across Pearse Strait) and north of Alexander Island and Île Marc (across Boye ...

. Île Vanier is uninhabited. The first known sighting of the island was by Robert Dawes Aldrich in 1851, but its insular nature was not proven until the 1950s. Adam Range reaches elevations in excess of 220 metres.

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Vanier Island
in the

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- Toporama; Natural Resources Canada Islands of the Queen Elizabeth Islands Uninhabited islands of Qikiqtaaluk Region {{QikiqtaalukNU-island-stub