Truro Island

{{short description|Uninhabited island in the Canadian Arctic}}

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

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| name = Truro Island

| image_name = CornwallisIslandCloseup.png

| image_caption = A closeup map showing Truro Island

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| pushpin_map = Canada Nunavut#Canada

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| native_name_link = Inuktitut

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| location = Northern Canada

| coordinates = {{coord|75|17|N|97|11|W|type:isle_scale:100000_region:CA-NU|display=inline,title|name=Truro Island}}

| archipelago = Queen Elizabeth Islands
Arctic Archipelago

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| area_km2 = 21

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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

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| population = Uninhabited

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Truro Island lies within the Arctic Archipelago in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of northern Canada's territory of Nunavut. It is one of the mid-waterway islands in the McDougall Sound between Bathurst Island and Cornwallis Island. Long and narrow, the island is {{convert|21|km2|abbr=on}}.{{cite web |url=http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/maps/topo/map?mapsize=428%20380&lat=75.2832999986&long=-97.1832999997&mapxy=-61283.092746+2867902.24785&scale=5000000&feature_na=Truro+Island&location1=62&unique_key=0cf825c7849c20c3ba463ef303f2ce77&searchstring=Truro%20Island&entity=ISL&layers=fapfeature+fapfeature%20north_arrow%20other_features%20million_grid%20t50k_grid%20grid_50k_3%20roads%20hydrography%20boundary%20builtup%20vegetation%20populated_places%20railway%20power_network%20manmade_features%20designated_areas%20water_features%20water_saturated_soils%20relief%20contours%20toponymy%20contour%20nodata_ntdb_50k&urlappend=%26unique_key%3D0cf825c7849c20c3ba463ef303f2ce77%26map.layer%5Btextzoom03%5D%3DFEATURE+POINTS+-61383.5046255+2866590.323+END+TEXT+%22Truro%2BIsland%22+END%26map.layer%5Btextzoom46%5D%3DFEATURE+POINTS+-61383.5046255+2866590.323+END+TEXT+%22Truro%2BIsland%22+END%26map.layer%5Bpolygonresultzoom0%5D%3DDATA+fap_islands%26map.layer%5Bpolygonresultzoom1%5D%3DDATA+fap_islands%26map.layer%5Bpolygonresultzoom2%5D%3DDATA+fap_islands%26map.layer%5Bpolygonresultzoom0outline%5D%3DDATA+fap_islands%26map.layer%5Bpolygonresultzoom1outline%5D%3DDATA+fap_islands%26map.layer%5Bpolygonresultzoom2outline%5D%3DDATA+fap_islands%26map.layer%5Barrowzoom03%5D%3DFEATURE+POINTS+-61383.5046255+2866590.323+END+END |title=Truro Island |access-date=2008-04-30 |date=2006-02-06 |publisher=nrcan.gc.ca}}