Lacy Island
{{Short description|Island in Nunavut, Canada}}
{{Infobox islands
| name = Lacy Island
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| pushpin_map = Canada Nunavut#Canada
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| native_name_link = Inuktitut
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| location = Confluence of Hudson Strait and the Labrador Sea
| coordinates = {{coord|60|40|32|N|64|35|54|W|region:CA-NU_type:isle_scale:1000000|display=inline,title|name=Lacy Island}}
| archipelago = Arctic Archipelago
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| elevation_m = 290
| country = Canada
| country_admin_divisions_title = Nunavut
| country_admin_divisions = Nunavut
| country_admin_divisions_title_1 = Region
| country_admin_divisions_1 = Qikiqtaaluk
| population = Uninhabited
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| footnotes = Source: Lacy Island at Atlas of Canada
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Lacy Island is one of the many uninhabited Canadian arctic islands in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut. It is located at the confluence of Hudson Strait and the Labrador Sea. The island, a member of the Button Islands, is situated in the northeast part of the grouping.
Other islands in the immediate vicinity include Goodwin Island, MacColl Island, Lawson Island, Erhardt Island, and Observation Island.{{cite web|url=http://travelingluck.com/North+America/Canada/Nunavut/_6047466_Lacy+Island.html#local_map|title=Lacy Island|publisher=travelingluck.com|access-date=2009-07-19}}
Geography
Lacy Island has the highest mount of all the Button Islands, rising to {{convert|290|m|abbr=on}} above sea level.{{cite book|last1=Dodd|first1=G. J.|last2=Benson|first2=G. P.|last3=Watts|first3=D. T. |title=Arctic pilot|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mYsNAQAAIAAJ|access-date=3 May 2012|year=1976|publisher=Hydrographer of the Navy|page=192}} The island is square in shape and it offers a sheltered landing area on its southwest side.{{cite web|url=http://pollux.nss.nima.mil/NAV_PUBS/SD/Pub146/146sec13.pdf |title=Sector13.HudsonStrait |work=National Geospatial Intelligence Agency |publisher=pollux.nss.nima.mil |pages=7 |access-date=2009-02-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041024235001/http://pollux.nss.nima.mil/NAV_PUBS/SD/Pub146/146sec13.pdf |archive-date=October 24, 2004 }}
References
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{{Islands of the Qikiqtaaluk Region}}
Category:Islands of Hudson Strait
Category:Islands of the Labrador Sea
Category:Uninhabited islands of Qikiqtaaluk Region
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