Mansel Island
island in Nunavut, Canada
Mansel Island is a member of the Arctic Archipelago, is an uninhabited island in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut. It is located in Hudson Bay off Quebec's Ungava Peninsula. At 3,162.26 km2 (1,220.96 sq mi) in size, it is the 159th largest island in the world, and Canada's 28th largest island. Its topography features a gently undulating limestone lowland with elevations not exceeding 100 m (330 ft).
Mansel Island was named in 1613 by Sir Thomas Button after Sir Robert Mansell, a vice-admiral in the Royal Navy.
“Mansel Island” enters the record as island in Nunavut, Canada. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Mansel, Island and island can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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“Mansel Island” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Mansel, Island and island provides the most credible route into that argument.
Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 3, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1322393. Authority coordinates are 61.992, -79.833. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1613.
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