# Mansel Island

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Island in Nunavut, Canada

Mansel Island Native name: Pujjunaq Aqua MODIS satellite image of Mansel Island, Canada from July 2003. Mansel Island, Nunavut Mansel Island Show map of Nunavut Mansel Island Show map of Canada Geography Location Hudson Bay Coordinates 61°59′30″N 79°50′00″W / 61.99167°N 79.83333°W / 61.99167; -79.83333 (Mansel Island)[1] Archipelago Arctic Archipelago Area 3,180 km2 (1,230 sq mi) Administration Canada Territory Nunavut Region Qikiqtaaluk Demographics Population 0

**Mansel Island** ([Inuktitut](/source/Inuktitut): **Pujjunaq**), a member of the [Arctic Archipelago](/source/Arctic_Archipelago), is an uninhabited island in [Qikiqtaaluk Region](/source/Qikiqtaaluk_Region), [Nunavut](/source/Nunavut). It is located in [Hudson Bay](/source/Hudson_Bay) off [Quebec](/source/Quebec)'s [Ungava Peninsula](/source/Ungava_Peninsula).[2] At 3,180 km2 (1,230 sq mi) in size, it is the [159th largest island in the world](/source/List_of_islands_by_area), and [Canada's 28th largest island](/source/List_of_Canadian_islands_by_area). Its topography features a gently undulating limestone lowland with elevations not exceeding 100 m.

Mansel Island was named in 1613 by Sir [Thomas Button](/source/Thomas_Button)[3] after [Vice-Admiral](/source/Vice-Admiral) Sir [Robert Mansell](/source/Robert_Mansell).

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Mansel Island"](https://geonames.nrcan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique?id=OAKIN). *[Geographical Names Data Base](/source/GeoBase_(geospatial_data)#Geographical_Names_Data_Base)*. [Natural Resources Canada](/source/Natural_Resources_Canada).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-LATimes2006-02-05_2-0)** Mary Lu Abbott (2006-02-05). ["Native expedition to the Arctic frontier"](http://travel.latimes.com/articles/la-tr-cruisenorth5feb05). *[Los Angeles Times](/source/Los_Angeles_Times)*. Retrieved 2009-02-01.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-ToTheArcticByCanoe-1819-1821_3-0)** Hood, Robert; C. Stuart Houston (1994). [*To the Arctic by Canoe, 1819-1821: The Journal and Paintings of Robert Hood, Midshipman with Franklin*](https://books.google.com/books?id=hPvCru48DL0C&dq=%22Mansel+Island%22+OR+%22Ile+Mansel%22+OR+%22Isle+Mansel%22&pg=PA16). McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. p. 16. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-7735-1222-1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7735-1222-1). Retrieved 2008-09-28. ...named by Button in 1613, after Vice-Admiral Sir Robert Mansel (1573-1653).

- [Mansel Island](https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/mansel-island/) at [The Canadian Encyclopedia](/source/The_Canadian_Encyclopedia)

- [Sea islands: Atlas of Canada; Natural Resources Canada](https://web.archive.org/web/20130122002132/http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/learningresources/facts/islands.html)

## Further reading

- Aylsworth, J. M., and W. Shilts. *Surficial Geology of Coats and Mansel Islands, Northwest Territories*. [Ottawa]: Energy, Mines, and Resources Canada, 1991. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-660-13745-3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-660-13745-3)

- Comock. *Comock: the True Story of an Eskimo Hunter as told to Robert Flaherty.* Photographs by Robert Flaherty. Text by Robert Flaherty and Edmund Carpenter. Jaffrey, N.H.: David R. Godine, 2003.

- Furnell, D. J. *Summer Polar Bear Tagging on Mansel Island, N.W.T*. [Yellowknife]: N.W.T. Wildlife Service, Govt. of the Northwest Territories, 1979.

- Polunin, Nicholas. *Additions to the Floras of Southampton and Mansel Islands, Hudson Bay*. Contributions of The Gray Herbarium, Harvard University, No.165. 1947.

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