Walter Island

{{Short description|Island in Nunavut, Canada}} {{Use Canadian English|date=December 2025}} {{Infobox islands | name = Walter | image_name = | image_caption = | image_size = | pushpin_map = Canada Nunavut#Canada | native_name = | native_name_link = | nickname = | location = [[James Bay]] | coordinates = {{coord|53|19|N|79|40|W|type:isle_region:CA-NU_scale:10000000|display=inline,title|name=Walter Island}} | archipelago = [[Arctic Archipelago]] | total_islands = | major_islands = | area_km2 = 3 | highest_mount = | elevation_m = 3 | country = Canada | country_admin_divisions_title = [[Provinces and territories of Canada|Nunavut]] | 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 = | country_1 = | country_1_admin_divisions_title = | country_1_admin_divisions = | country_1_capital_city = | country_1_largest_city = | country_1_largest_city_population = | country_1_leader_title = | country_1_leader_name = | country_2 = | country_2_admin_divisions_title = | country_2_admin_divisions = | country_2_capital_city = | country_2_largest_city = | country_2_largest_city_population = | country_2_leader_title = | country_2_leader_name = | population = Uninhabited | population_as_of = 2026 | density_km2 = 0 | ethnic_groups = }}

'''Walter Island''' is one of several uninhabited [[Canadian arctic islands]] in [[Nunavut]], Canada located within [[James Bay]]. It is {{convert|3|km2|abbr=on}} in size,<ref>Atlas of Canada.</ref> and is situated {{convert|15|km|abbr=on}} east of [[North Twin Island (Nunavut)|North Twin Island]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oceandots.com/arctic/canada/twin.php |title=Twin Islands |publisher=oceandots.com |access-date=2009-04-20 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101223015139/http://www.oceandots.com/arctic/canada/twin.php |archive-date=December 23, 2010 }}</ref>

The island takes part in surveys for [[polar bear]] summer refuge.<ref>{{cite book|last=Derocher|first=Andrew E. |others=IUCN/SSC Polar Bear Specialist Group Working Meeting|title=Polar bears: proceedings of the Twelfth Working Meeting of the IUCN/SSC Polar Bear Specialist Group, 3-7 February 1997, Oslo, Norway|publisher=IUCN|date=1998|pages=81|isbn=2-8317-0459-6|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H5hjuhGwfDoC&q=%22Spencer+Island%22+%22hudson+bay%22&pg=PA81}}</ref>

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[[Category:Islands of James Bay]] [[Category:Uninhabited islands of the Qikiqtaaluk Region]]