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's Ungava Peninsula. At in size, it is the 159th largest island in the world, and Canada's 28th largest island. Its topography features a gently undulating limestone lowland with elevations not exceeding 100 m. Mansel Island was named in 1613 by Sir Thomas Button after

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* Aylsworth, J. M., and W. Shilts. ''Surficial Geology of Coats and Mansel Islands, Northwest Territories''. ttawa Energy, Mines, and Resources Canada, 1991. * Comock. ''Comock: the True Story of an Eskimo Hunter as told to Robert Flaherty.'' Photographs by Robert Flaherty. Text by Robert Flaherty and Edmund Carpenter. Jaffrey, N.H.: David R. Godine, 2003. * Furnell, D. J. ''Summer Polar Bear Tagging on Mansel Island, N.W.T''. ellowknife N.W.T. Wildlife Service, Govt. of the Northwest Territories, 1979. * Polunin, Nicholas. ''Additions to the Floras of Southampton and Mansel Islands, Hudson Bay''. Contributions of The Gray Herbarium, Harvard University, No.165. 1947. {{Subdivisions of Nunavut Islands of Hudson Bay Uninhabited islands of Qikiqtaaluk Region Hudson's Bay Company trading posts in Nunavut Former populated places in the Qikiqtaaluk Region

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