Jacob Island

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

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| location = James Bay

| coordinates = {{coord|51.77|-79.25|type:isle_region:CA-NU_scale:10000000|display=inline,title|name=Jacob Island}}

| archipelago = Arctic Archipelago

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| country = Canada

| country_admin_divisions_title = Nunavut

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| country_admin_divisions_title_1 = Region

| country_admin_divisions_1 = Qikiqtaaluk

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| population = Uninhabited

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| ethnic_groups = Cree

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Jacob Island (variant: Wood Island) is one of several uninhabited Canadian arctic islands located in James Bay, Nunavut, Canada. It is situated outside the mouth of Rupert Bay, {{convert|11.5|km|abbr=on}} from Quebec's Pointe Saouayane on Péninsule Ministikawatin.{{cite web|url=http://travelingluck.com/North+America/Canada/Nunavut/_5985392_Jacob+Island.html#local_map|title=Jacob Island, Nunavut, Canada |publisher=travelingluck.com|access-date=2009-04-21}}