Southampton Island

American  

noun

1. an island in N Canada, in the Northwest Territories at the entrance to Hudson Bay. 19,100 sq. mi. (49,470 sq. km).

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Southampton Island British  

noun

1. an island in N Canada, in Nunavut at the entrance to Hudson Bay: inhabited chiefly by Inuit. Area: 49 470 sq km (19 100 sq miles)

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Southampton Island

A strait, called Sir Thomas Rowe’s Welcome, leads due north out of Hudson Bay, being parted by Southampton Island from the strait through which we entered. 

From Voyages in Search of the North-West Passage by Morley, Henry

In Sir Thomas Rowe’s Welcome—the passage between Southampton Island and the mainland—fogs and heavy seas were encountered, while no trust could be placed in the compasses, and the water was fast shallowing.

From The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 by Whymper, Frederick

This, he said, was especially the case with the inhabitants of Southampton Island, called by the natives "Sedluk."

From Schwatka's Search by Gilder, William H. (William Henry)

A strait, called Sir Thomas Rowe's Welcome, leads due north out of Hudson Bay, being parted by Southampton Island from the strait through which we entered.

From The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 by Various

Remarks on the physiography, Eskimo, and mammals of Southampton Island.

From The Barren Ground Caribou of Keewatin by Harper, Francis