Philpots Island

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name = Philpots Island


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location = Northern Canada
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archipelago = Queen Elizabeth Islands
Canadian Arctic Archipelago
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country = Canada
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country admin divisions = flag|Nunavut
country admin divisions title 1 = Qikiqtaaluk Region
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Philpots Island is a member of the Queen Elizabeth Islands and the Canadian Arctic Archipelago in the territory of Nunavut. It is the largest of Devon Island's offshore islands, located at Devon's eastern end. [cite web |url=http://www.oceandots.com/arctic/canada/devon.htm |title=Devon Island |accessdate=2008-06-26 |last= |first= |coauthors= |date= |work= |publisher=oceandots.com] It lies in Baffin Bay, with Hyde Inlet to the north, and the Parry Channel to the south.

Philpots Island is home to Northern Fulmars, Glaucous Gulls, and Ivory Gulls [cite web |url=http://72.14.205.104/search?q=cache:_CKEu5SOyzsJ:pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic27-2-95.pdf+Philpots+Island&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=6&gl=us&client=firefox-a |title=Seabird Colonies and Distributions |accessdate=2008-06-26 |last=Nettleship |first=D.N. |coauthors= |date= |work= |publisher=ucalgary.ca]

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