Rowley Island
 Rowley Island, Nunavut. | |
  Location within Nunavut  Location within Canada | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Foxe Basin |
| Coordinates | 69°09′N 78°52′W / 69.150°N 78.867°W[1] |
| Archipelago | Arctic Archipelago |
| Area | 1,119.79 km2 (432.35 sq mi) (2026)[3][4] |
| Area rank | 47th in Canada & 308th worldwide |
| Administration | |
Canada | |
| Territory | Nunavut |
| Region | Qikiqtaaluk |
Rowley Island is an uninhabited island in the Arctic Archipelago and is located in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut. It is located in Foxe Basin and has an area of 1,119.79 km2 (432.35 sq mi).[3][4] Located on the island is both an former Distant Early Warning Line base, now an unstaffed North Warning System site, called FOX-1 at 69°04′01″N 079°03′54″W / 69.06694°N 79.06500°W, and an automatic weather station. It is named after the Arctic explorer Graham Westbrook Rowley.
References
- ↑ "Rowley Island". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
- ↑ "Rowley Island". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
- 1 2 "Global Islands (USGS, ESRI, UNEP-WCMC)". 16 March 2026. Retrieved 19 July 2026.
- 1 2 "Global Islands (USGS, ESRI, UNEP-WCMC) - USGSEsriWCMC GlobalIslandsv3 BigIslands". 16 March 2026. Retrieved 22 July 2026.
External links
- "FOX-1 historical information". Archived from the original on 3 May 2003.
- Rowley Island weather