Fairholme Island

Fairholme Island

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name = Fairholme 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
country admin divisions title = Territory
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country admin divisions title 1 = Qikiqtaaluk Region
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Fairholme Island [cite web |url=http://www.traveljournals.net/explore/canada/map/m797812/fairholme_island.html |title=Fairholme Island, Canada |accessdate=2008-06-26 |last= |first= |coauthors= |date= |work= |publisher=traveljournals.net] is a member of the Queen Elizabeth Islands and the Canadian Arctic Archipelago in the territory of Nunavut. It is an irregularly shaped island located in the Penny Strait, between John Barrow Island and the entrance to Barrow Harbour, Devon Island. Sir John Barrow Monument is to the southeast.

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