Hooper Island
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| Location | Liddon Gulf |
| Type | Rock |
| Adjacent to | Melville Island |
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| Demographics | |
| Population | 0 (2020)Island was never inhabited |
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Hooper Island is a small rock island in the Liddon Gulf of Melville Island, Northwest Territories, Canada. It is located near the shore of Melville Island, in between the Dundas Peninsula, and Bushnan Cove.
Geography
Hooper Island is located in between Bushnan Cove and the Dundas Peninsula, in the Liddon Gulf of Melville Island. It is rocky, small, and not widely known. It is situated in the Northwest Territories' half of Melville Island.
Arctic climate and permafrost
Hooper Island, being in the northern extremes of the Canadian Arctic Islands, is a very cold rock outcrop, and, research shows that permafrost on the island has been present since the early Wisconsinan. Its average temperature in January is -36°F, though it gets significantly warmer in July, with an average of 49°F, according to Apple Weather.
See Also
References
- ↑ "Hooper Island". maps.apple.com. Retrieved 2026-11-09.
- ↑ Mackay, J.; Jr, J. (2011-02-08). "Pleistocene ice and sand wedges, Hooper Island, Northwest Territories". Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 20: 1087–1097. doi:10.1139/e83-097.