Air Force Island

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Air Force Island, Nunavut
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Air Force Island, Nunavut
A.E. Tomkinson, RCAF Flight Lieutenant
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A.E. Tomkinson, RCAF Flight Lieutenant

Air Force Island is an island in Nunavut, Canada located along the southwestern coast of Baffin Island at approximately 67°58′N 74°05′W. It measures 1720 square kilometers in size and is uninhabited.

The islands existence was first recorded in 1948, as were neighbouring Prince Charles Island and Foley Island, by a Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) crew, Albert-Ernest Tomkinson, navigating an Avro Lancaster. The island was named in recognition of the RCAF’s role in surveying the Canadian Arctic islands.