Moore Island

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Moore Island
Geography
Location Hudson Bay
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Archipelago Belcher Islands
Canadian Arctic Archipelago
Country
Territory Nunavut
Region Qikiqtaaluk
Demographics
Population Uninhabited

Moore Island is an uninhabited island in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is a member of the Belcher Islands group in Hudson Bay. It lies in Churchill Sound between Kugong Island to its west and the Howard Peninsula of Flaherty Island to its east.

Other islands in the immediate vicinity include Ney Island and Renouf Island.[1]

It is named in honor of Elwood S. Moore, Professor of Geology at Pennsylvania State University,[2] and Fellow of the American Geographical Society.[3]

There are three more Moore Islands within Nunavut.

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