The uninhabited Stockport Islands
are members of the
Arctic Archipelago
The Arctic Archipelago, also known as the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, is an archipelago lying to the north of the Canadian continental mainland, excluding Greenland (an autonomous territory of Denmark).
Situated in the northern extremity of No ...
in the territory of
Nunavut
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. They are located in
Bathurst Inlet
Bathurst Inlet, officially Kiluhiqtuq, is a deep inlet located along the northern coast of the Canadian mainland, at the east end of Coronation Gulf, into which the Burnside and Western rivers empty. The name, or its native equivalent ''King ...
, east of
Daniel Moore Bay, and south of
Lewes Island
Qannuyak formerly Lewes Island is an uninhabited island within the Arctic Archipelago in the Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut. It is located in Bathurst Inlet. Other islands in the vicinity include Qikiqtaryuaq, Galena Island, Marcet Island, Patsy Klen ...
.
Stockport Islands are named after
Stockport, a large town in
Greater Manchester
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,
England
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, where the European explorers were born and raised.
References
Islands of Bathurst Inlet
Uninhabited islands of Kitikmeot Region
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