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词条 Nimigen Island
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  1. History

  2. References

  3. External links

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| location = Cumberland Sound
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| country_admin_divisions_1 = Qikiqtaaluk
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Nimigen Island (previously: Kemisuack,[1] Kemisoke, Kimersok, Kimisoke[2]) is an uninhabited Baffin Island offshore island located in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago in Nunavut's Qikiqtaaluk Region. It lies in Cumberland Sound, approximately {{convert|10.5|km|abbr=on}} east of Robert Peel Inlet[3] To its east is Utsusivik Island; south is Chidliak Bay.

History

In the mid 19th century, the island supported a whaling industry.[1][4]

References

1. ^{{cite book |title=A Frenchman in Search of Franklin: De Bray's Arctic Journal, 1852-54 |last=de Bray |first=Émile Frédéric |last2=Barr |first2=William |year=1992 |publisher=University of Toronto Press |location=Toronto, ON |isbn=0-8020-2813-6 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6N0oYtQDxS0C&pg=PA246&lpg=PA246&dq=Nimigen+Island&source=web&ots=8UGcWEo0eU&sig=kqQWkjh7K0FLR_BjJIE0pIB3LVk&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=6&ct=result |page=246 }}
2. ^{{cite book |title=This Distant and Unsurveyed Country: A Woman's Winter at Baffin Island, 1857-1858 |last=Ross |first=William Gillies |last2=Penny |first2=Margaret |last3=Penny |first3=William |year=1997 |publisher=McGill-Queen's Press |isbn=0-7735-1674-3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-dF0xCrjMd4C&pg=PA235&lpg=PA235&dq=Nimigen+Island&source=web&ots=A38KpWUUOy&sig=GPE_d-6nu5VzkZGRcCBzedSSMw8&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=10&ct=result |page=235 }}
3. ^{{cite web |url=http://travelingluck.com/North%20America/Canada/Nunavut/_6088322_Nimigen+Island.html#local_map |title=Nimigen Island, Nunavut, Canada |accessdate=2008-09-18 |publisher=travelingluck.com}}
4. ^{{cite book |title=Old Whaling Days |last=Barron |first=William |year=1895 |publisher=W. Andrews |oclc=11477637 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dfpIAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA38&lpg=PA38&dq=Kemisuack&source=web&ots=IbrP0RXBWn&sig=3Wwk1oJ_3jNYkWAxsLXgapGrfYY&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=2&ct=result |page=28 }}

External links

  • Nimigen 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 Cumberland Sound|Uninhabited islands of Qikiqtaaluk Region|Islands of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago

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