Mansel Island

Aqua MODIS satellite image of Mansel Island, Canada.

Mansel

Native name: Pujjunaq
Mansel Island, Nunavut
Geography
Location	Hudson Bay
Coordinates
Archipelago	Canadian Arctic Archipelago
Area
Country
Canada
Nunavut	Nunavut
Region	Qikiqtaaluk
Demographics
Population	0

Mansel Island (Inuktitut: Pujjunaq), a member of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, is an uninhabited island in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut. It is located in Hudson Bay off of Quebec's Ungava Peninsula. At 3,180 km² (1,230 sq mi) in size, it is the 159th largest island in the world, and Canada's 28th largest island. The island is home to a reindeer reserve.

Mansel Island was named in 1613 by Sir Thomas Button after Vice-Admiral Sir Robert Mansell.

References

• Mansel Island at The Canadian Encyclopedia
• Sea islands: Atlas of Canada; Natural Resources Canada

Further reading

• Aylsworth, J. M., and W. Shilts. Surficial Geology of Coats and Mansel Islands, Northwest Territories. [Ottawa]: Energy, Mines, and Resources Canada, 1991. ISBN 0-660-13745-3
• Comock. Comock: the True Story of an Eskimo Hunter as told to Robert Flaherty. Photographs by Robert Flaherty. Text by Robert Flaherty and Edmund Carpenter. Jaffrey, N.H.: David R. Godine, 2003.
• Furnell, D. J. Summer Polar Bear Tagging on Mansel Island, N.W.T. [Yellowknife]: N.W.T. Wildlife Service, Govt. of the Northwest Territories, 1979.
• Polunin, Nicholas. Additions to the Floras of Southampton and Mansel Islands, Hudson Bay. Contributions of The Gray Herbarium, Harvard University, No.165. 1947.