Tukarak Island

{{short description|Island in Nunavut, Canada}} {{Use Canadian English|date=December 2025}} {{Infobox islands | name = Tukarak Island | image_name = | image_caption = | image_size = | pushpin_map = Canada Nunavut | pushpin_label_position = top | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Nunavut | native_name = | native_name_link = Inuktitut | nickname = | location = Hudson Bay | coordinates = {{coord|56|15|N|78|45|W|region:CA-NU_type:isle_scale:1000000|display=inline,title|name=Tukarak Island}} | archipelago = Belcher Islands<br />Arctic Archipelago | total_islands = | major_islands = | area_km2 = 349 | highest_mount = | elevation_m = | coastline_km = 174 | country = Canada | country_admin_divisions_title = Territory | 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: Sea Islands at Atlas of Canada<ref name="nrcan">{{cite web|url=http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/learningresources/facts/islands.html|title=Sea Islands|publisher=atlas.nrcan.gc.ca|access-date=2009-08-04}}</ref> }} '''Tukarak Island''' is an uninhabited island in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. Located in Hudson Bay, it is a member of the Belcher Islands group.<ref name="Hydrographic ">{{cite book |title=Publications |publisher=United States Hydrographic Office |date=1946 |edition=Digitized May 5, 2009 |volume=77 |pages=391 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HnUPAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Kugong+Island%22 }}</ref> Along with Flaherty Island, Innetalling Island, and Kugong Island, it is one of the four large islands in the group.<ref name="mil">{{cite web |url=http://pollux.nss.nima.mil/NAV_PUBS/SD/Pub146/146sec15.pdf |title=Section 15, Chart Information |publisher=pollux.nss.nima.mil |pages=322 |access-date=2009-08-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041119041011/http://pollux.nss.nima.mil/NAV_PUBS/SD/Pub146/146sec15.pdf |archive-date=2004-11-19 }}</ref>

It is dotted with several lakes, one of which is also called Tukarak. Flaherty Island faces it across Omarolluk Sound all along its western side. It is bounded by Fairweather Sound on its south side. Other islands in the immediate vicinity include Bradbury Island, Dove Island, Karlay Island, and Nero Island.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://travelingluck.com/North+America/Canada/Nunavut/_6170017_Tukarak+Island.html#local_map |title=Tukarak Island |publisher=travelingluck.com |access-date=2009-08-04 }}</ref>

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== External links == * [http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/toporama?center=971333.685727,923639.3443282&zoom=7 Tukarak Island] in the Atlas of Canada - Toporama; Natural Resources Canada

Category:Belcher Islands Category:Islands of Hudson Bay Category:Uninhabited islands of the Qikiqtaaluk Region