Lacy Island

{{Short description|Island in Nunavut, Canada}} {{Use Canadian English|date=December 2025}} {{Infobox islands | name = Lacy Island | image_name = | image_caption = | image_size = | pushpin_map = Canada Nunavut#Canada | pushpin_map_caption = | native_name = | native_name_link = Inuktitut | nickname = | location = Confluence of [[Hudson Strait]] and the [[Labrador Sea]] | coordinates = {{coord|60|40|32|N|64|35|54|W|region:CA-NU_type:isle_scale:1000000|display=inline,title|name=Lacy Island}} | archipelago = [[Arctic Archipelago]] | total_islands = | major_islands = | highest_mount = | elevation_m = 290 | 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]] | population = Uninhabited | population_as_of = | density_km2 = | ethnic_groups = | footnotes = Source: Lacy Island at [[Atlas of Canada]] }} '''Lacy Island''' is one of the many uninhabited [[Arctic Archipelago|Canadian arctic islands]] in [[Qikiqtaaluk Region]], [[Nunavut]]. It is located at the confluence of [[Hudson Strait]] and the [[Labrador Sea]]. The island, a member of the [[Button Islands]], is situated in the northeast part of the grouping.

Other islands in the immediate vicinity include [[Goodwin Island]], [[MacColl Island]], [[Lawson Island]], [[Erhardt Island]], and [[Observation Island (Nunavut)|Observation Island]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://travelingluck.com/North+America/Canada/Nunavut/_6047466_Lacy+Island.html#local_map|title=Lacy Island|publisher=travelingluck.com|access-date=2009-07-19}}</ref>

==Geography== Lacy Island has the highest mount of all the Button Islands, rising to {{convert|290|m|abbr=on}} [[above mean sea level|above sea level]].<ref name="DoddBenson1976">{{cite book|last1=Dodd|first1=G. J.|last2=Benson|first2=G. P.|last3=Watts|first3=D. T. |title=Arctic pilot|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mYsNAQAAIAAJ|access-date=3 May 2012|year=1976|publisher=Hydrographer of the Navy|page=192}}</ref> The island is square in shape and it offers a sheltered landing area on its southwest side.<ref name="mil">{{cite web|url=http://pollux.nss.nima.mil/NAV_PUBS/SD/Pub146/146sec13.pdf |title=Sector13.HudsonStrait |work=National Geospatial Intelligence Agency |publisher=pollux.nss.nima.mil |pages=7 |access-date=2009-02-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041024235001/http://pollux.nss.nima.mil/NAV_PUBS/SD/Pub146/146sec13.pdf |archive-date=October 24, 2004 }}</ref>

== References == {{Reflist}}

[[Category:Islands of Hudson Strait]] [[Category:Islands of the Labrador Sea]] [[Category:Uninhabited islands of the Qikiqtaaluk Region]]