Geography | |
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Location | Northern Canada |
Coordinates | 75°17′N 97°11′W / 75.283°N 97.183°W |
Archipelago |
Queen Elizabeth Islands Arctic Archipelago |
Area | 21 km2 (8.1 sq mi) |
Administration | |
Canada | |
Territory | Nunavut |
Region | Qikiqtaaluk |
Demographics | |
Population | Uninhabited |
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 21 km2 (8.1 sq mi). [1]
Truro Island was the base camp for several Collaborative Interdisciplinary Cryospheric Experiment (C-ICE) studies which provide data on atmosphere, sea ice, and ocean interaction, including C-ICE'2000, [2] C-ICE'2001, [3] and C-ICE'2002. [4]