Sheer Islands

{{Short description|Island group in Nunavut, Canada}} {{Use Canadian English|date=December 2025}} {{Infobox islands | name = Sheer Islands | image_name = | image_caption = | image_size = | pushpin_map = Canada Nunavut#Canada | map_custom = | native_name = | native_name_link = [[Inuktitut]] | nickname = | location = [[Hudson Strait]] | coordinates = {{coord|62.70|-69.58|format=dms|region:CA-NU_type:isle_scale:1000000|display=inline,title|name=Sheer Islands}} | archipelago = [[Arctic Archipelago]] | total_islands = | major_islands = | area_km2 = | 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 = [[Regions of Nunavut|Region]] | country_admin_divisions_1 = [[Qikiqtaaluk Region|Qikiqtaaluk]] | 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 = }}

The '''Sheer Islands''' are [[Canadian arctic islands]] that are located in [[Qikiqtaaluk Region]], [[Nunavut]], Canada. They are a [[Baffin Island]] offshore island group in [[Hudson Strait]]. The islands are situated approximately {{convert|1|mi|abbr=on}} north of Cape Tanfield and form part of the north side of Itivirk Bay.

The group consists of:<ref name="mil">{{cite web|url=http://pollux.nss.nima.mil/NAV_PUBS/SD/Pub146/146sec13.pdf |title=Sector 13 Hudson Strait |publisher=pollux.nss.nima.mil |pages=14 |access-date=2009-02-16 |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> * [[Forder Island]], at the northern entrance to Itivirk Bay * [[Lee Island (Nunavut)|Lee Island]], northeast of Forder Island and joined to it at low tide * [[Lavoie Island]], in the northeast * [[Wishart Island]], in the northeast.

[[Kimmirut, Nunavut]], an [[Inuit]] [[hamlet (place)|hamlet]], is about {{convert|23.2|mi|abbr=on}} to the northwest.<ref name="travelingluck">{{cite web|url=http://travelingluck.com/North%20America/Canada/Nunavut/_6145810_Sheer+Islands.html#local_map|title=Sheer Islands, Nunavut, Canada|publisher=travelingluck.com|access-date=2009-02-17}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

[[Category:Archipelagoes of Baffin Island]] [[Category:Archipelagoes of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago]] [[Category:Islands of Hudson Strait]] [[Category:Uninhabited islands of the Qikiqtaaluk Region]]