Foley Island facts for kids
Foley Island, Nunavut.
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 Foley Island
Location in Nunavut
Foley Island
Location in Canada
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| Geography | |
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| Location | Foxe Basin |
| Coordinates | 68°30′N 75°00′W / 68.500°N 75.000°W |
| Archipelago | Canadian Arctic Archipelago |
| Area | 637 km2 (246 sq mi) |
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| Nunavut | Nunavut |
| Region | Qikiqtaaluk |
| Demographics | |
| Population | Uninhabited |
Foley Island is a large island located in the Canadian Arctic. It is part of Nunavut, Canada. You can find it along the southern coast of Baffin Island in a large body of water called the Foxe Basin. Foley Island is about 637 square kilometers (246 square miles) in size. No one lives on Foley Island.
Discovering Foley Island
Foley Island was not known to the world until 1948. It was first recorded by a member of the Royal Canadian Air Force. This person was Albert-Ernest Tomkinson, who was navigating an Avro Lancaster airplane.
Tomkinson and his crew were flying over the area when they discovered Foley Island. They also found two other nearby islands at the same time: Prince Charles Island and Air Force Island. This discovery helped to map out more of Canada's vast Arctic region.
