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词条 Dexterity Island
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  1. History

  2. References

  3. External links

{{Infobox islands
| name = Dexterity Island
| image_name =
| image_caption =
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| map = Canada
| map_caption =
| native_name =
| native_name_link = Inuktitut
| nickname =
| location = Baffin Bay
| coordinates = {{coord|71|37|12|N|072|46|48|W|region:CA-NU_type:isle|display=inline,title|name=Dexterity Island}}
| archipelago =Canadian Arctic Archipelago
| total_islands =
| major_islands =
| area_km2 = 135
| area_footnotes = [1]
| highest_mount =
| elevation_m=
| country = Canada
| country_admin_divisions_title = Territory
| country_admin_divisions = Nunavut
| country_admin_divisions_title_1 = Region
| country_admin_divisions_1 = Qikiqtaaluk
| country_admin_divisions_title_2 =
| country_admin_divisions_2 =
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| population = Uninhabited
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}}Dexterity Island is an uninhabited island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. It is located in Baffin Bay off the northeastern coast of Baffin Island. Adams Island is {{convert|19.3|km|abbr=on}} to the south, while Bergesen Island is {{convert|17.2|km|abbr=on}} to the west, across Isbjorn Strait.[2]

History

An Inuit settlement existed on Dexterity Island, but left before the arrival of the Hudson's Bay Company. The group camped on the landward side in the winter and the eastern side in the summer.[3]

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/learningresources/facts/islands.html/document_view|title=Other Arctic Islands |publisher=Atlas of Canada|accessdate=2009-03-08}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://travelingluck.com/North%20America/Canada/Nunavut/_5938914_Dexterity+Island.html#local_map|title=Dexterity Island|publisher=travelingluck.com|accessdate=2009-03-08}}
3. ^{{cite web |url=http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/arctic_anthropology/v045/45.1.wenzel.html |title=Clyde Inuit Settlement and Community: From before Boas to Centralization |last=Wenzel |first=George |publisher=jhu.edu |accessdate=2009-03-08 }}

External links

  • Dexterity Island in the Atlas of Canada - Toporama; Natural Resources Canada
{{Islands of the Qikiqtaaluk Region}}{{QikiqtaalukNU-geo-stub}}

4 : Islands of Baffin Island|Islands of Baffin Bay|Islands of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago|Uninhabited islands of Qikiqtaaluk Region

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