Nookap Island

{{Short description|Island in Nunavut, Canada}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox Islands | name = Nookap Island | image_name = | image_caption = | image_size = | pushpin_map = Canada Nunavut#Canada | native_name = Nukappiannguaq | native_name_link = Inuktitut | nickname = | location = Northern Canada | coordinates = {{coord|75|35|N|087|37|W|type:isle_scale:50000_region:CA-NU|name=Nookap Island}} | archipelago = Queen Elizabeth Islands<br />Arctic Archipelago | total_islands = | major_islands = | area_km2 = | highest_mount = | elevation_m = | country = Canada | country_admin_divisions_title = Territory | country_admin_divisions = Nunavut | country_admin_divisions_title_1 = Region | country_admin_divisions_1 = Qikiqtaaluk Region | 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 = | additional_info = }}

'''Nookap Island''' is a small, irregularly shaped island located in Jones Sound,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.meds-sdmm.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/meds/Prog_Nat/benchmark/single_station2_e.asp?T1=6578 |title=Single Station Retrieval |access-date=2008-06-26 |publisher=gc.ca}}</ref> southeast of Skruis Point, Devon Island, in the territory of Nunavut. It is a member of the Queen Elizabeth Islands and the Arctic Archipelago. Nookap Island is named after Nookapingwa, Inuk guide father of Arnakitsoq Simigaq.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aina.ucalgary.ca/scripts/minisa.dll/144/proe/proarc/se+arctic,+v.+42,+no.++2,+June+1989,*?COMMANDSEARCH |title=Nookapingwa (1893-1956) |access-date=2008-06-26 |publisher=ucalgary.ca}}</ref>

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==External links== * [http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/toporama?center=203310.03369469,2910570.8254929&zoom=9 Nookap Island] in the Atlas of Canada - Toporama; Natural Resources Canada

Category:Islands of the Queen Elizabeth Islands Category:Uninhabited islands of the Qikiqtaaluk Region Category:Islands of Baffin Bay