Eider Islands

{{short description|Set of uninhabited islands in the Canadian Arctic}} {{Use Canadian English|date=December 2025}} {{Infobox islands | name = Eider Islands | image_name = | image_caption = | image_size = | pushpin_map = Canada Nunavut#Canada | native_name = | native_name_link = Inuktitut | nickname = | location = [[Ungava Bay]] | coordinates = {{coord|60.872|-69.323|display=inline,title|name=Eider Islands}} | archipelago = [[Arctic Archipelago]] | total_islands = | major_islands = | area_km2 = 95 | highest_mount = | elevation_m= | country = Canada | country_admin_divisions_title = [[Provinces and territories of Canada|Nunavut]] | country_admin_divisions = [[Nunavut]] | country_admin_divisions_title_1 = [[Regions of Nunavut|Region]] | country_admin_divisions_1 = [[Qikiqtaaluk Region|Qikiqtaaluk]] | 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 = }}

The '''Eider Islands''' are an uninhabited [[Canadian Arctic islands]] group in the [[Qikiqtaaluk Region]] of [[Nunavut]], Canada. The 172 small islands are located in western [[Ungava Bay]] off the northern coast of [[Quebec]]. The closest community is [[Quaqtaq, Quebec]], {{convert|20|km|abbr=on}} to the northwest.

They should not be confused with [[Eider Island]], which lies in [[Chesterfield Inlet]], Nunavut, just southeast of [[Little Big Island]].

==Geography== The underlying solid rock of these islands is a granitic [[gneiss]]. There are wide, bare rock shorelines formed by high tides of up to {{convert|16|m|abbr=on}}.

==Flora== A thin soil layer supports [[Arctic willow]], [[crowberry]], [[Cyperaceae|sedge]], [[lichen]] and [[moss]].

==Fauna== The Eider Islands are a Canadian [[Important Bird Area]] (#NU026). The notable bird species is the [[common eider]].<ref name="bsc">{{cite web|url=http://www.bsc-eoc.org/iba/site.jsp?siteID=NU026 |title=Eider Islands |publisher=bsc-eoc.org |access-date=2009-05-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612102856/http://www.bsc-eoc.org/iba/site.jsp?siteID=NU026 |archive-date=2011-06-12 }}</ref>

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== External links == * [https://web.archive.org/web/20140606215101/http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/toporama?center=1317803.6766343,1567656.4513341&zoom=8 Eider Islands] in the [[Atlas of Canada]] - Toporama; Natural Resources Canada * [https://web.archive.org/web/20140606232814/http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/toporama?center=106561.00405345,1620496.318458&zoom=8 Eider Island] in the [[Atlas of Canada]] - Toporama; Natural Resources Canada

[[Category:Uninhabited islands of the Qikiqtaaluk Region]] [[Category:Archipelagoes of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago]] [[Category:Important Bird Areas of Qikiqtaaluk Region]]