Southampton Island

Southampton Island is a large island in Nunavut, Canada, at the northern entrance to Hudson Bay. Roes Welcome Sound separates it from mainland Canada.

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Hudson Bay: A large inland sea in northeastern Canada, connected to the Atlantic and Arctic oceans. Southampton Island lies at the bay’s northern entrance.
Salliq: A community on Southampton Island in Nunavut, also known as Coral Harbour. It is the island’s principal permanent settlement.
Bellot Island: A small island near Southampton Island in Hudson Bay, Nunavut. It is one of the island’s nearby geographic features.
Migratory bird sanctuary: A protected area established to conserve habitat used by migratory birds. Two designated sanctuaries protect important bird habitat on Southampton Island.
Roes Welcome Sound: A strait in Nunavut separating Southampton Island from mainland Canada. This sound forms the island’s western separation from the mainland.
Sadlermiut: An Inuit cultural group historically associated with Southampton Island and nearby areas. Their history is closely tied to the island before their population’s collapse in the early twentieth century.
Salliq River: A river on Southampton Island in Nunavut that flows toward Hudson Bay. It is a local waterway associated with the island’s settlement area.
Ross's goose: A small white goose that breeds in Arctic Canada and winters farther south. Large breeding colonies occur in the island’s coastal sanctuaries.
Foxe Basin: A shallow Arctic marine basin north of Hudson Bay between Baffin Island and the Melville Peninsula. It borders Southampton Island to the north.
Robert J. Flaherty: A Canadian filmmaker and explorer known for the 1922 documentary Nanook of the North. His 1913–1914 expedition documented the island and its inhabitants.