Wales Island

Wales Island is one of the uninhabited Canadian arctic islands in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of . Located 1.5 kilometres off the , the island is situated in within western .
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Wales Island

Latitude
68.01769° or 68° 1′ 4″ north
Longitude
-86.66598° or 86° 39′ 58″ west
Elevation
39 metres (128 feet)
Open location code
96WM289M+3J
Geo­Names ID
6175230
Wiki­data ID
Q540284
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Turkish—“Wales Island” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: جزيرة ويلز
  • Azerbaijani: Ueyls adası
  • Belarusian: Востраў Уэйлс
  • Belarusian: Уэйлс
  • Bulgarian: Уелс
  • Catalan: Illa de Gal·les
  • Cebuano: Wales Island
  • Chinese: 威爾士島
  • Czech: Wales Island
  • Dutch: Wales Island
  • Esperanto: Insulo Kimrio
  • French: île Wales
  • French: Île Wales
  • Galician: Illa Wales
  • German: Wales Island
  • Italian: isola Wales
  • Italian: Isola Wales
  • Japanese: ウェールズ島 (ヌナブト準州)
  • Japanese: ウェールズ島
  • Macedonian: Велс
  • Malayalam: വെയിൽസ് ദ്വീപ്
  • Portuguese: Ilha Wales
  • Russian: Уэйлс
  • Serbian: Вејлс
  • Spanish: Isla Wales
  • Swedish: Wales Island, Nunavut
  • Swedish: Wales Island
  • Turkish: Wales Adası
  • Turkish: Wales Island

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