Rowley Island

Rowley Island

Rowley Island, Nunavut.
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Geography
Location	Foxe Basin
Coordinates	69°09′N 78°52′W / 69.150°N 78.867°W / 69.150; -78.867 (Rowley Island)[1]
Archipelago	Arctic Archipelago
Area	1,090 km2 (420 sq mi)
Administration
Canada
Territory	Nunavut
Region	Qikiqtaaluk
Demographics
Population	62[2] (2016)

Rowley Island is one of the Canadian Arctic islands in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut. It is located in Foxe Basin and has an area of 1,090 km² (420 sq mi).

Although the island is uninhabited there is both an unmanned Distant Early Warning Line base, called FOX-1 at 69°04′01″N 079°03′54″W / 69.06694°N 79.06500°W / 69.06694; -79.06500, and an Automated Surface Observing System.

It is named after the arctic explorer Graham Westbrook Rowley.

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