Finlayson Islands

{{Short description|Canadian archipelago}} {{Use Canadian English|date=May 2025}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox islands | name = Finlayson Islands | image_name = | image_caption = | image_size = | pushpin_map = Canada Nunavut#Canada | native_name = | native_name_link = | nickname = | location = [[Dease Strait]] | coordinates = {{coord|69|4|59|N|105|58|0|W|region:CA-NU_type:isle_scale:5000000|display=inline,title|name=Finlayson Islands}} | archipelago = [[Canadian Arctic Archipelago]] | total_islands = | major_islands = | area_km2 = 8 | highest_mount = Unnamed | elevation_ft = 160 | country = Canada | country_admin_divisions_title = [[Provinces and territories of Canada|Territories]] | country_admin_divisions = [[Nunavut]] | country_admin_divisions_title_1 = [[Regions of Nunavut|Region]] | country_admin_divisions_1 = [[Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut|Kitikmeot]] | country_admin_divisions_title_2 = | country_admin_divisions_2 = | country_capital_city = | country_largest_city = | country_largest_city_population = | population = uninhabited | population_as_of = | density_km2 = | ethnic_groups = | additional_info = }} The '''Finlayson Islands''' are a string of [[Canadian arctic islands]] in [[Nunavut]], Canada. The group lies in [[Dease Strait]], approximately {{convert|12|mi|order=flip}} from Cape Alexander, south of [[Victoria Island (Canada)|Victoria Island]] and north of the mainland's [[Kent Peninsula]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/maps/topo/map?mapsize=428%20380&lat=69.0833000003&long=-105.9667&mapxy=-423437.243024+2222638.5573&scale=5000000&feature_na=Finlayson+Islands&location1=62&unique_key=0c73e4b6849c20c32c84d2085bbdefb7&searchstring=lands&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%3D0c73e4b6849c20c32c84d2085bbdefb7%26map.layer%5Btextzoom03%5D%3DFEATURE+POINTS+-423265.915447+2223635.02857+END+TEXT+%22Finlayson%2BIslands%22+END%26map.layer%5Btextzoom46%5D%3DFEATURE+POINTS+-423265.915447+2223635.02857+END+TEXT+%22Finlayson%2BIslands%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+-423265.915447+2223635.02857+END+END |title=Information on "Finlayson Islands" |access-date=2008-05-26 |publisher=Atlas of Canada}}</ref> The community of [[Cambridge Bay]] is approximately {{convert|23|mi|abbr=on}} to the east.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.northabout.com/nwp/NWP11-12.htm |title=Northwest Passage Expedition |access-date=2008-05-26 |publisher=northabout.com}}</ref>

An early survey was made by Sir [[Richard Collinson]] on board the ''[[HMS Enterprise (1848)|Enterprise]]'' during his search for Sir [[John Franklin]]'s lost expedition. Collinson noted the islands to be a basalt ridge running south-southeast. The largest measures {{convert|2|sqmi|abbr=on|2}} long by {{convert|.75|sqmi|abbr=on|2}} wide.<ref>{{cite book |pages=[https://archive.org/details/journalhmsenter00collgoog/page/n319 286]–288 |url= https://archive.org/details/journalhmsenter00collgoog|title=Journal of H.M.S. Enterprise, on the expedition in search of Sir John Franklin's ships by Behring Strait, 1850–55 |last=Collinson |first=Richard |author2=Collinson, T.B. |year=1889 |publisher=Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington |location=London |oclc=22079420 }}</ref>

Colonies of [[Thayer's gull]] and [[glaucous gull]] are located on one of the larger islands.<ref name="wilson">{{cite journal |url=http://sora.unm.edu/node/129555|title=On Maturation of Thayer's Gull|author1=Sutton, George M. |author2=Parmelee, David F. |date=1978 |journal=The Wilson Bulletin |volume=90 |issue=4|pages=479–491}}</ref>

== See also == * [[List of islands of Canada]]

== References == {{Reflist}}

[[Category:Victoria Island (Canada)]] [[Category:Uninhabited islands of the Kitikmeot Region]]