Southampton Island

Southampton

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Geography
Location	Hudson Bay at Foxe Basin
Coordinates	64°20′N 084°40′W / 64.333°N 84.667°W / 64.333; -84.667 (Southampton Island)[1]
Archipelago	Arctic Archipelago
Area	41,214 km2 (15,913 sq mi)
Area rank	34th
Highest elevation	625 m (2051 ft)
Highest point	Mathiassen Mountain
Administration
Canada
Territory	Nunavut
Region	Kivalliq
Largest settlement	Coral Harbour (pop. 1035[2])
Demographics
Population	1035 (2021 Canadian census)
Ethnic groups	Inuit

Southampton Island (Inuktitut: Shugliaq)^[3] is a large island at the entrance to Hudson Bay at Foxe Basin. One of the larger members of the Arctic Archipelago, Southampton Island is part of the Kivalliq Region in Nunavut, Canada. The area of the island is stated as 41,214 km² (15,913 sq mi) by Statistics Canada.^[4] It is the 34th largest island in the world and Canada's ninth largest island. The only settlement on Southampton Island is Coral Harbour (population 1,035, 2021 Canadian census),^[5] called Salliq in Inuktitut.

Southampton Island is one of the few Canadian areas, and the only area in Nunavut, that does not use daylight saving time.