Blacklead Island
Blacklead Island is a Baffin Island offshore islet located in the Arctic Archipelago in Nunavut's Qikiqtaaluk Region. It lies in Cumberland Sound, northwest of Kikiktaluk Island, approximately 5 km from Harrison Point and 10 km from Niante Harbour.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.Blacklead Island
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Nunavut, Canada
- Categories: historic site, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Nunavut, Northern Canada, Canada, North America
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Latitude
64.98182° or 64° 58′ 55″ north
Longitude
-66.20544° or 66° 12′ 20″ west
Open location code
97PMXQJV+PR
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=yes
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastline
OpenStreetMap feature
place=island
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
Discover Blacklead Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Blacklead Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Blacklead Island”
- French: “île Blacklead”
- French: “Île Blacklead”
- German: “Blacklead Island”
- Persian: “بلکلد ایلند”
- Swedish: “Blacklead Island”
- Turkish: “Blacklead Adası”
- Turkish: “Blacklead Island”
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