Rowley Island

{{Short description|Uninhabited island in Nunavut, Canada}} {{Redirect|FOX-1|other uses|Fox 1 (disambiguation){{!}}Fox 1}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox islands | name = Rowley Island | image_name = Rowleyisland.png | image_caption = Rowley Island, Nunavut. | image_size = | pushpin_map = Canada Nunavut#Canada | native_name = | native_name_link = Inuktitut | nickname = | location = [[Foxe Basin]] | coordinates = {{coord|69|09|N|78|52|W|region:CA-NU_type:isle|notes=<ref>{{Cite cgndb|OAOEQ|Rowley Island}}</ref>|display=inline,title|name=Rowley Island}} | archipelago = [[Arctic Archipelago]] | total_islands = | major_islands = | area_km2 = 1090 | highest_mount = | elevation_m = | country = Canada | country_admin_divisions_title = [[Provinces and territories of Canada|Territory]] | country_admin_divisions = [[Nunavut]] | country_admin_divisions_title_1 = [[List of regions of Nunavut|Region]] | country_admin_divisions_1 = [[Qikiqtaaluk Region|Qikiqtaaluk]] | country_admin_divisions_title_2 = | country_admin_divisions_2 = | country_largest_city = | country_largest_city_population = | country_leader_title = | country_leader_name = | population = 62<ref>Population for Dissemination block 62040059002, 2016 Canada Census</ref> | population_as_of = 2016 | density_km2 = | ethnic_groups = | additional_info = }}

'''Rowley Island''' is one of the [[Arctic Archipelago|Canadian Arctic islands]] in the [[Qikiqtaaluk Region]], [[Nunavut]]. It is located in [[Foxe Basin]] and has an area of {{cvt|1090|km2}}.

Although the island is uninhabited there is both an unmanned [[Distant Early Warning Line]] base, called FOX-1 at {{coord|69|04|01|N|079|03|54|W|type:airport}}, and an [[Automated Surface Observing System]].

It is named after the arctic explorer [[Graham Westbrook Rowley]].

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==External links== * [http://www.lswilson.ca/fox1.htm FOX-1 historical information] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20061003153607/http://www.weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca/forecast/24_hour_conditions_e.html?wrx&unit=m Past 24 hours weather]

[[Category:Islands of Foxe Basin]] [[Category:Uninhabited islands of the Qikiqtaaluk Region]] [[Category:Former populated places in the Qikiqtaaluk Region]]