Strathcona Islands

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

{{Infobox islands

| name = Strathcona Islands

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| pushpin_map = Canada Nunavut#Canada

| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Nunavut

| native_name =

| native_name_link = Inuktitut

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| location = Hudson Strait

| coordinates = {{coord|63.02|-71.41|region:CA-NU_type:isle_scale:1000000|display=inline,title|name=Strathcona Island}}

| archipelago = Arctic Archipelago

| total_islands =

| major_islands =

| area_km2 = 11

| highest_mount = {{convert|183|m|abbr=on}}

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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

| population = Uninhabited

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| footnotes = Source: Strathcona Islands at Atlas of Canada

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The Strathcona Islands{{cite web|url=http://travelingluck.com/North+America/Canada/Nunavut/_6158001_Strathcona+Islands.html#local_map|title=Strathcona Islands|publisher=travelingluck.com|access-date=2009-02-17}} are uninhabited Canadian arctic islands located in Hudson Strait, Nunavut, Canada. They are a Baffin Island offshore island group in Qikiqtaaluk Region lying from {{convert|2|mi|abbr=on}} to {{convert|9|mi|abbr=on}} west of Cape Colmer. The group consists of a large island that rises in a series of rocky ridges to {{convert|183|m|abbr=on}}; its south side is low and irregular. There are also several small, rocky islands.{{cite web|url=http://pollux.nss.nima.mil/NAV_PUBS/SD/Pub146/146sec13.pdf |title=Sector 13 Hudson Strait |publisher=pollux.nss.nima.mil |pages=13 |access-date=2009-02-17 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041024235001/http://pollux.nss.nima.mil/NAV_PUBS/SD/Pub146/146sec13.pdf |archive-date=October 24, 2004 }}

Kimmirut, an Inuit hamlet, is to the east.

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