Killiniq Island situated on what is now the Nunavut side of the island, part of the territory's Qikiqtaaluk Region. The locality was known by Europeans as early as 1569, marked on a Mercator map. The island is now uninhabited. An automated remote radio transmitter for Iqaluit Coast Guard Radio remains in operation. Killiniq Island Killiniq Island (English: "ice floes") is a small, remote island in northeastern Canada. Located at the extreme northern tip of Labrador between Ungava Bay and the Labrador Sea, it is notable in that it contains the only land border between Nunavut territory and the province of Newfoundland and
Mary Howard, Duchess of Norfolk (died 1773) abandoned after the deaths of Thomas and his half-brother Edward in 1763 and 1767 respectively. The Duchess died in 1773. Her marriage had been childless and her husband survived her. According to the astronomer William Wales, she had asked the explorer Captain James Cook to named an island after her. He had not heard about the Duchess's death when he discovered a suitable one which he named Norfolk Island in her honour. Mary Howard, Duchess of Norfolk (died 1773) Mary Howard, Duchess of Norfolk (née Mary Blount; ( 1712 – 1773), was a British noblewoman after whom Norfolk Island, a