Flaherty Island
Flaherty Island is the largest island of the Belcher Islands group in Hudson Bay in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. The Inuit community of Sanikiluaq is located on its north coast, and is the southernmost community in Nunavut.
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Nunavut, Canada
- Also known as: “Ile Flaherty” and “Wyspa Flaherty”
Flaherty Island
- Categories: locality and landform
- Location: Nunavut, Northern Canada, Canada, North America
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Latitude
56.23229° or 56° 13′ 56″ north
Longitude
-79.2837° or 79° 17′ 1″ west
Population
744
Elevation
39 metres (128 feet)
Open location code
97826PJ8+WG
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=island
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Swedish—“Flaherty Island” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Islla Flaherty”
- Catalan: “Illa Flaherty”
- Cebuano: “Flaherty Island”
- Chinese: “弗莱厄蒂岛”
- Chinese: “弗萊厄蒂島”
- Dutch: “Flaherty Island”
- Dutch: “Flaherty-eiland”
- Egyptian Arabic: “فلاهيرتى ايسلاند”
- Egyptian Arabic: “فلاهيرتى”
- French: “île Flaherty”
- French: “Île Flaherty”
- Galician: “Illa Flaherty”
- German: “Flaherty Island”
- Italian: “isola Flaherty”
- Italian: “Isola Flaherty”
- Japanese: “フラエティ島”
- Japanese: “フラハーティー島”
- Korean: “플래허티섬”
- Malayalam: “ഫ്ലാഹെർട്ടി ദ്വീപ്”
- Polish: “Flaherty Island”
- Spanish: “Isla Flaherty”
- Swedish: “Flaherty Island”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Sanikiluaq and Gibson Peninsula.
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Highlights: Moore Island and Qikirtaaluk.
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