Jens Munk Island

Jens Munk Iceland is an uninhabited island in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of the Canadian territory of Nunavut.

The island is located in the north of Foxe Basin, less than two kilometers off the coast of Baffin Iceland. It has a land area of 920 km ². The island reaches a maximum height of 151 m. Northwest of the island lies the Murray Maxwell Bay.

The island was named in honor of the Danish explorer Jens Munk, who sought in the years 1619-1620 according to the Northwest Passage, named.