Belcher Islands, Nunavut (red).

The Belcher Islands are an archipelago in Hudson Bay in Canada, belonging to the territory of Nunavut. The hamlet of Sanikiluaq is on the north coast of Flaherty Island and is the southernmost in Nunavut. Other major islands in the 1,500 islands in the archipelago are Kugong Island, Moore Island, Tukarak Island, Innetallong Island, Wiegand Island, Split Island, Snape Island and Mavor Island. Authored by Tim Vasquez. ... Authored by Tim Vasquez. ... An archipelago is a landform which consists of a chain or cluster of islands. ... Hudson Bay is a large body of water in northeastern Canada. ... For the electoral districts of the same name, see Nunavut (electoral district) and Nunavut (Senate Division). ... Sanikiluaq (ᓴᓂᑭᓗᐊᖅ) is a small Inuit hamlet of 750 people, located in Hudson Bay, on the Belcher Islands, in the Baffin Region of Nunavut. ... An archipelago is a landform which consists of a chain or cluster of islands. ...

The geology of the Belcher Islands is Proterozoic; the exposed clastic sedimentary rocks, as well as volcanic igneous and carbonate units record rifting and subsidence of the Superior craton during this period. In geology, the Proterozoic is an eon prior to the first abundant complex life on earth. ... In geology, the term clastic refers to sediments formed from fragments of pre_existing rock. ... Igneous rocks are formed when molten rock (magma) cools and solidifies, with or without crystallization, either below the surface as intrusive (plutonic) rocks or on the surface as extrusive (volcanic) rocks. ... Carbonate is an anion with a charge of -2 and an empirical formula of CO32-. An aqueous solution of carbon dioxide contains a minute amount of H2CO3, called carbonic acid, which dissociates to form hydrogen ions and carbonate ions. ... In geology, a rift is a place where the Earths lithosphere is expanding. ... Subsidence is a term used in geology, engineering and surveying to denote the motion of a surface (usually, the earths surface) downwards relative to a datum such as sea-level. ...

Landsat satellite photo

Belcher Islands, Nunavut, Canada

Mercator projection: Online Map Creation (http://www.aquarius.geomar.de/omc/omc_intro.html) Download high resolution version (1024x768, 59 KB)Belcher Islands - Landsat satellite photo (circa 2000) Source: NASA, public domain https://zulu. ... Download high resolution version (1024x768, 59 KB)Belcher Islands - Landsat satellite photo (circa 2000) Source: NASA, public domain https://zulu. ... Download high resolution version (514x656, 8 KB)Mercator projection of Belcher Islands, Canada Public domain map from Online Map Creation website: http://www. ... Download high resolution version (514x656, 8 KB)Mercator projection of Belcher Islands, Canada Public domain map from Online Map Creation website: http://www. ... The Mercator projection of the world up to a latitude of 86° N and S The Mercator projection is a cylindrical map projection devised by Gerardus Mercator in 1569. ...

References

Scott, D.I. An Overview of the Geology of Nunavut. [Online]. University of Western Ontario. http://instruct.uwo.ca/earth-sci/300b-001/seg/scott.htm.