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Anarnittuq Island
Anarnittuq Island is located in Nunavut
Anarnittuq Island
Anarnittuq Island
Location in Nunavut
Anarnittuq Island is located in Canada
Anarnittuq Island
Anarnittuq Island
Location in Canada
Geography
Location Cumberland Sound
Coordinates 66°22′N 066°59′W / 66.367°N 66.983°W / 66.367; -66.983 (Anarnittuq Island)
Archipelago Canadian Arctic Archipelago
Administration
Territory Nunavut
Region Qikiqtaaluk
Demographics
Population Uninhabited
Ethnic groups Inuit

Anarnittuq Island is an uninhabited island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. It is located in Baffin Island's Cumberland Sound. It lies at the combined mouths of Clearwater and Shark Fiord, between Clear Passage Island (to its west) and Kekertelung Island (to its east). The Sanigut Islands (including Aupaluktok Island), Iglunga Island, and Nunatak Island are in the vicinity.

Another island, Maittuq formerly Anarnittuq Island lies just south of Naujaat, where Roes Welcome Sound joins Frozen Strait, near Beach Point.

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