Browne Island

{{Short description|Island in Nunavut, Canada}} {{Refimprove|date=March 2026}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox islands | name = Browne Island | image_name = | image_caption = | image_size = | pushpin_map = Canada Nunavut#Canada | native_name = | native_name_link = Inuktitut | nickname = | location = Northern Canada | coordinates = {{coord|74|49|N|096|22|W|type:isle_scale:30000_region:CA-NU|display=inline,title|name=Browne Island}} | archipelago = Queen Elizabeth Islands<br />Arctic Archipelago | total_islands = | major_islands = | area_km2 = 5 | highest_mount = | elevation_m = | country = Canada | country_admin_divisions_title = Territory | country_admin_divisions = Nunavut | country_admin_divisions_title_1 = Qikiqtaaluk Region | country_admin_divisions_1 = | country_admin_divisions_title_2 = | country_admin_divisions_2 = | country_capital_city = | country_largest_city = | country_largest_city_population = | country_leader_title = | country_leader_name = | population = Uninhabited | population_as_of = | density_km2 = | ethnic_groups = | additional_info = }} '''Browne Island''' lies within the Arctic Archipelago in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of northern Canada's territory of Nunavut. It is one of the Parry Channel islands off the southwest coast of Cornwallis Island. Kittiwakes and seals are known to breed on the island.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Riewe |first1=Rick |title=Nunavut atlas |date=1992 |publisher=Canadian Circumpolar Institute and the Tungavik Federation of Nunavut |location=Edmonton |isbn=0-919058-80-9 |page=158}}</ref>

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==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20140407073950/http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/toporama?center=-39210.929761572%2C2815474.2377531&zoom=7 Browne Island] in the Atlas of Canada - Toporama; Natural Resources Canada

Category:Islands of the Queen Elizabeth Islands Category:Uninhabited islands of the Qikiqtaaluk Region