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Simialuk
Simialuk is located in Nunavut
Simialuk
Simialuk
Location in Nunavut
Simialuk is located in Canada
Simialuk
Simialuk
Location in Canada
Geography
Location Northern Canada
Coordinates 69°46′12″N 82°38′38″W / 69.77000°N 82.64389°W / 69.77000; -82.64389
Archipelago Arctic Archipelago
Administration
Canada
Territory Nunavut
Region Qikiqtaaluk
Demographics
Population Uninhabited

Simialuk (Inuktitut syllabics: ᓯᒥᐊᓗᒃ) formerly Ormonde Island is an irregularly shaped island located at the eastern opening of the Fury and Hecla Strait. Situated in Nunavut's Qikiqtaaluk Region within the northern Canadian Arctic, the island is north of the Melville Peninsula's Northeast Cape (separated by the Labrador Narrows), south of Baffin Island (Elder Island lies between them), and west of Foxe Basin. It is approximately 91 m (299 ft) above sea level.

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