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Wareham Island
Wareham Island is located in Nunavut
Wareham Island
Wareham Island
Location in Nunavut
Wareham Island is located in Canada
Wareham Island
Wareham Island
Location in Canada
Geography
Location Cumberland Sound
Coordinates 65°15′00″N 65°03′00″W / 65.250°N 65.050°W / 65.250; -65.050 (Wareham Island)
Archipelago Canadian Arctic Archipelago
Administration
Territory Nunavut
Region Qikiqtaaluk
Demographics
Population Uninhabited

Wareham Island is an uninhabited island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. It is located in the Cumberland Sound, off Baffin Island's Cumberland Peninsula, southwest of the mouth of Kumlien Fiord. Akulagok Island, Kekerten Island, Kekertukdjuak Island, Miliakdjuin Island, Tesseralik Island, and Tuapait Island are in the vicinity.

History

Dr. Franz Boas made an ethnographical trip to this region in 1883.

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