Rowley Island

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Rowley Island
Rowley Island, Nunavut.
Rowley Island, Nunavut.
Geography
Location Northern Canada
Coordinates 69°06′00″N 78°52′00″W / 69.1, -78.866667Coordinates: 69°06′00″N 78°52′00″W / 69.1, -78.866667
Archipelago Canadian Arctic Archipelago
Area 1,090 km² (420 sq mi)


Administration
Flag of Canada Canada
Territory Flag of Nunavut Nunavut
Largest city Iqaluit (6,184)
Demographics
Population Uninhabited
Indigenous people Inuit

Rowley Island, named after the arctic explorer Graham Rowley, is one of the Canadian arctic islands in Nunavut, Canada. It has an area of 1,090 km² (420 sq mi). Although the island is uninhabited there is both an unmanned Distant Early Warning Line base, called FOX-1 at 69°04′01″N, 79°03′54″W, and an Automated Surface Observing System.

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