Nookap Island

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

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

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| name = Nookap Island

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| native_name = Nukappiannguaq

| native_name_link = Inuktitut

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| location = Northern Canada

| coordinates = {{coord|75|35|N|087|37|W|type:isle_scale:50000_region:CA-NU|name=Nookap Island}}

| 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 = Region

| country_admin_divisions_1 = Qikiqtaaluk Region

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| population = Uninhabited

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Nookap Island is a small, irregularly shaped island located in Jones Sound,{{cite web |url=http://www.meds-sdmm.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/meds/Prog_Nat/benchmark/single_station2_e.asp?T1=6578 |title=Single Station Retrieval |access-date=2008-06-26 |publisher=gc.ca}} southeast of Skruis Point, Devon Island, in the territory of Nunavut. It is a member of the Queen Elizabeth Islands and the Arctic Archipelago. Nookap Island is named after Nookapingwa, Inuk guide father of Arnakitsoq Simigaq.{{cite web |url=http://www.aina.ucalgary.ca/scripts/minisa.dll/144/proe/proarc/se+arctic,+v.+42,+no.++2,+June+1989,*?COMMANDSEARCH |title=Nookapingwa (1893-1956) |access-date=2008-06-26 |publisher=ucalgary.ca}}