Resolution Island (Nunavut) Resolution Island (Nunavut) Resolution Island is one of the many uninhabited Canadian Arctic islands in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut. It is a Baffin Island offshore island located in Davis Strait. It has an area of . The Lower Savage Islands lie between Resolution Island and Baffin Island, while Graves Strait separates Resolution Island from the more northern Edgell Island. English explorer Martin Frobisher landed on the island on July 28, 1576, while on a voyage to discover the fabled Northwest Passage. However it appears to have been named Resolution in 1612 by Sir Thomas Button, after his own ship, the "Resolution".
Thomas West (MP died 1622) daughter. Thomas West (MP died 1622) Sir Thomas West (died 1622) was an English politician. He was a younger son of Sir George West of Warbleton, Sussex. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Chichester in 1571, for Mitchell in 1572 and for Hampshire in 1589. He served as a Justice of the Peace for Hampshire from c. 1573 and was appointed High Sheriff of Hampshire for 1585–86. He was knighted in 1591. On his death he was buried in Eling church. He had married a daughter and coheiress of Mr Hotofts of Hampshire and had