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
Hogan Island Hogan Group was discovered by Europeans and named in 1801 by John Black, captain of the "Harbinger" who named the island group after Michael Hogan, the owner of his ship. There are records of settlers on the island group, who hunted seals and kangaroos and used the islands for grazing land. On 12 October 1900, the first lease was recorded and given for Hogan Island. While the original lease covered the entire island group, since 1959 the lease has only applied to Hogan Island, which has been leased by B. R. Stackhouse since 1967, who uses the island for sheep