Adams Island (Nunavut)

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name = Adams Island


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location = Northern Canada
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area = convert|267|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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Adams Island is part of the Qikiqtaaluk Region of the Canadian territory of Nunavut. The island is located off the northeastern coast of Baffin Island, in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Adams Island is surrounded by Baffin Bay (north), Dexterity Island (northeast), Baffin Island (east), Tromso Fiord (south), Paterson Inlet (west), and Bergesen Island (northwest). [cite web |url=http://encarta.msn.com/map_701572596/adams_island.html |title=Map of Adams Island (island(s)), Nunavut, Canada |accessdate=2008-04-30 |date=2007 |publisher=encarta.msn.com]

Adams Island is irregularly shaped, the eastern and western sides split by the Ratcliffe Arm. Coastlines slope sharply while the interior mountains are over 800 m in height. [cite web |url=http://www.oceandots.com/Arctic/Canada/adams.htm |title=Adams Island |accessdate=2008-04-30 |date=2008 |publisher=oceandots.com] The island comprises an area of convert|267|km2|sqmi. [cite web |url=http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/English/learningresources/facts/islands.html |title=Queen Elizabeth Islands |accessdate=2008-04-30 |date=2008-03-19 |publisher=nrcan.gc.ca]

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