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Nimigen Island

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Island in Nunavut, Canada

Nimigen Island
Native name: Kemisuack
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Geography
Location	Cumberland Sound
Coordinates	65°07′N66°44′W / 65.12°N 66.73°W /65.12; -66.73 (Nimigen Island)
Archipelago	Arctic Archipelago
Administration
Canada
Nunavut	Nunavut
Region	Qikiqtaaluk
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited

Nimigen Island (previously:Kemisuack,^[1]Kemisoke,Kimersok,Kimisoke^[2]) is an uninhabitedBaffin Island offshore island located in theArctic Archipelago inNunavut'sQikiqtaaluk Region. It lies inCumberland Sound, approximately 10.5 km (6.5 mi) east ofRobert Peel Inlet^[3] To its east isUtsusivik Island; south isChidliak Bay.

In the mid 19th century, the island supported awhaling industry.^[1]^[4]

^^a ^bde Bray, Émile Frédéric; Barr, William (1992).A Frenchman in Search of Franklin: De Bray's Arctic Journal, 1852-54. Toronto, ON: University of Toronto Press. p. 246.ISBN 0-8020-2813-6.
^Ross, William Gillies; Penny, Margaret; Penny, William (1997).This Distant and Unsurveyed Country: A Woman's Winter at Baffin Island, 1857-1858. McGill-Queen's Press. p. 235.ISBN 0-7735-1674-3.
^"Nimigen Island, Nunavut, Canada". travelingluck.com. Retrieved2008-09-18.
^Barron, William (1895).Old Whaling Days. W. Andrews. p. 28.OCLC 11477637.

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