Air Force Island

Infobox Islands
name = Air Force Island


image caption = Air Force Island, Nunavut
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native name link = Inuktikut
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location = Northern Canada
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archipelago = Canadian Arctic Archipelago
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area = convert|1720|km2|sqmi|abbr=on
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country = Canada
country admin divisions title = Territory
country admin divisions = flag|Nunavut
country largest city = Iqaluit
country largest city population = 6,184
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population = Uninhabited
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ethnic groups = Inuit
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Air Force Island is one of the Canadian arctic islands located along the southwestern coast of Baffin Island, part of the Qikiqtaaluk Region of the Canadian territory of Nunavut. It measures convert|1720|km2|sqmi|abbr=on in size and is uninhabited.

The island's existence was first recorded in 1948, as were neighbouring Prince Charles Island and Foley Island, by a Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) crew member, Albert-Ernest Tomkinson, navigating an Avro Lancaster. The island was named in recognition of the RCAF’s role in surveying the Canadian Arctic islands.

References

* [http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/learningresources/facts/islands.html Sea islands: Atlas of Canada; Natural Resources Canada]