# Umingmalik

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Island in Nunavut, Canada

Umingmalik Umingmalik Show map of Nunavut Umingmalik Show map of Canada Geography Location M'Clintock Channel Coordinates 70°34′35″N 100°24′46″W / 70.57639°N 100.41278°W / 70.57639; -100.41278 Archipelago Arctic Archipelago Area 220 km2 (85 sq mi) Administration Canada Territory Nunavut Demographics Population Uninhabited

**Umingmalik** formerly **Gateshead Island**[1] is an island located in the [Kitikmeot Region](/source/Kitikmeot_Region) of [Nunavut](/source/Nunavut), Canada. Located in [M'Clintock Channel](/source/M'Clintock_Channel), the area of Gateshead Island is around 220 km2 (85 sq mi).[2] It is an important [polar bear](/source/Polar_bear) denning area.[3]

This is a different island than the one visited by [Richard Collinson](/source/Richard_Collinson), commanding [HMS Enterprise](/source/HMS_Enterprise_(1848)), while searching for [John Franklin](/source/John_Franklin).[4]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Government of Canada, Natural Resources Canada. ["Place names - Umingmalik"](http://www4.rncan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique/0c739b8f849c20c361daac4ec8a6b5a2). *www4.rncan.gc.ca*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20170725010243/http://www4.rncan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique/0c739b8f849c20c361daac4ec8a6b5a2) from the original on 2017-07-25. Retrieved 2021-07-04.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Gateshead Island"](https://web.archive.org/web/20101223043232/http://www.oceandots.com/arctic/canada/gateshead.php). Archived from the original on December 23, 2010. Retrieved 2009-03-14.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Polar Bear Denning Area at Gateshead Island, Northwest Territories"](http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic37-2-169.pdf) (PDF). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20110524140200/http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic37-2-169.pdf) (PDF) from the original on 2011-05-24. Retrieved 2007-11-28.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [Barr, William](/source/William_Barr_(Arctic_historian)) (2007-06-01). "Chapter 13. Results and Reactions, Then and Later". [*Arctic Hell-Ship: The Voyage of HMS Enterprise 1850-1855*](https://archive.org/details/arctichellshipvo00barr). The University of Alberta Press. pp. [235](https://archive.org/details/arctichellshipvo00barr/page/235). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-88864-472-5](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-88864-472-5). gateshead island.

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