Truro Island
| Geography | |
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| Location | Northern Canada |
| Coordinates | 75°17′N 97°11′W / 75.283°N 97.183°WCoordinates: 75°17′N 97°11′W / 75.283°N 97.183°W |
| Archipelago |
Queen Elizabeth Islands Canadian Arctic Archipelago |
| Area | 21 km2 (8.1 sq mi) |
| Administration | |
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Canada
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| Territory | Nunavut |
| Region | Qikiqtaaluk |
| Demographics | |
| Population | Uninhabited |
Truro Island lies within the Canadian Arctic Archipelago in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of northern Canada's territory of Nunavut. It is one of the mid-waterway islands in the McDougall Sound between Bathurst Island and Cornwallis Island. Long and narrow, the island is 21 km2 (8.1 sq mi).
Truro Island was the base camp for several Collaborative Interdisciplinary Cryospheric Experiment (C-ICE) studies which provide data on atmosphere, sea ice, and ocean interaction, including C-ICE'2000,C-ICE'2001, and C-ICE'2002.
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