Marvin Islands

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

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| location = Arctic Ocean

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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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The uninhabited Marvin Islands are located in the Arctic Ocean across the mouth of Disraeli Fiord,{{cite web |url=http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic10-1-32.pdf |title=The rolls on the Ellesmere ice shelf |access-date=2008-08-06 |author-link=Geoffrey Hattersley-Smith |last=Hattersley-Smith |first=Geoffrey |date=1957 |volume=10 |pages=33 |location=Calgary |publisher=Arctic Institute of North America |oclc=36586486 |issue=1 }} in northern Ellesmere Island within the Quttinirpaaq National Park. Ward Hunt Island lies to the northwest. The island group is a part of the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada.{{cite web|url=http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/search/search_results?expression=islands |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120701131950/http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/search/search_results?expression=islands |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-07-01 |title=Marvin Islands, Nunavut |access-date=2008-08-06 |publisher=atlas.nrcan.gc.ca }}

The islands are named after Ross Gilmore Marvin, a member of two Arctic expeditions led by Robert Peary.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109398796/names-of-elmirans-in-arctic/ |title=Names of Elmirans in Arctic |newspaper=Star-Gazette |location=Elmira, New York |page=19 |date=November 2, 1955 |accessdate=September 11, 2022 |via=newspapers.com}}