Des Voeux Island

{{Short description|Island in Nunavut, Canada}}

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{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}

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| name = Des Voeux Island

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| native_name_link = Inuktitut

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| location = Northern Canada

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| archipelago = Queen Elizabeth Islands
Arctic Archipelago

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| country = Canada

| country_admin_divisions_title = Territory

| country_admin_divisions = Nunavut

| country_admin_divisions_title_1 = Qikiqtaaluk Region

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Des Voeux Island is a part of the Queen Elizabeth Islands and the Arctic Archipelago within the territory of Nunavut. It is an irregularly shaped island situated in the Queens Channel, closer to Bathurst Island than to Devon Island.

The island is named in honour of Sir George William Des Vœux, a former Governor General of Newfoundland and Labrador and Governor of Hong Kong.