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Dorset Island
Dorset Island. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

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Dorset Island, or Cape Dorset Island, is one of the Canadian Arctic islands located in Hudson Strait, Nunavut, Canada. It lies off the Foxe Peninsula area of southwestern Baffin Island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region. It is serviced by an airport and a harbour.

The island was named after the statesman Edward Sackville, 4th Earl of Dorset.

Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)。Photography via Wikimedia Commons.

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