Niels Island

{{Short description|Island in Nunavut, Canada}} {{Use Canadian English|date=December 2025}} {{Infobox islands | name = Niels 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|34|30|N|64|46|59|W|region:CA-NU_type:isle_scale:1000000|display=inline,title|name=Niels Island}} | archipelago = Arctic Archipelago | total_islands = | major_islands = | area_km2 = | coastline_km = | highest_mount = | elevation_m = | country = Canada | country_admin_divisions_title = Nunavut | country_admin_divisions = Nunavut | country_admin_divisions_title_1 = Region | country_admin_divisions_1 = Qikiqtaaluk | population = Uninhabited | population_as_of = | density_km2 = | ethnic_groups = | footnotes = Source: Niels Island at Atlas of Canada }}

'''Niels Island''' is one of the many uninhabited Canadian arctic islands in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut. It is located at the confluence of Hudson Strait and the Labrador Sea.

Niels Island, a member of the Button Islands, is small and lies southwest of Holdridge Island.<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>

Other islands in the immediate vicinity include Clark Island, Dolphin Island, Holdridge Island, King Island, and Leading Island.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://travelingluck.com/North+America/Canada/Nunavut/_6088191_Niels+Island.html#local_map|title=Niels Island|publisher=travelingluck.com|access-date=2009-07-19}}</ref>

== References == {{Reflist}}

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