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Moore Island (Belcher Islands)
Moore Island
is an
uninhabited island
in the
Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut
,
Canada
. It is a member of the
Belcher Islands
group in
Hudson Bay
. It
lies
in
Churchill Sound
between
Kugong Island
to its
west
and
the Howard
Peninsula of
Flaherty Island
to its
east
with the
Inuit
community
of
Sanikiluaq
about northeast.
Other
islands
in
the immediate
vicinity
include
Ney Island
and
Renouf Island
.
It is named in honour of Elwood S. Moore,
Professor
of
Geology
at
Pennsylvania State University
, and Fellow of the
American Geographical Society
.