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{{Infobox Islands
| name = Stefansson
| image name = StefanssonIslandCloseup.png
| image caption = Stefansson Island and surrounding area
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| locator map = Stefansson Island.svg
| map_custom = no
| native name =
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| location = [[Viscount Melville Sound]]
| coordinates = {{coord|73|30|N|105|30|W|region:CA-NU_type:isle|display=inline, title|name=Stefansson Island}}
| archipelago = [[Canadian Arctic Archipelago]]
| total islands =
| major islands =
| area = {{convert|4463|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}
| highest mount = unnamed
| elevation = {{convert|290|m|ft|abbr=on}}
| country = [[Canada]]
| country admin divisions title = [[Provinces and territories of Canada|Nunavut]]
| country admin divisions = {{flag|Nunavut}}
| country admin divisions title 1 = [[Regions of Nunavut|Region]]
| country admin divisions 1 = [[Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut|Kitikmeot]]
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| population = Uninhabited
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}}
 
'''Stefansson Island''' is a [[Canadian arctic islands|Canadian arctic island]] in [[Nunavut]], [[Canada]]. It has an area of {{convert|4463|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, making it the [[List of islands by area|128th largest island in the world]], and [[List of Canadian islands by area|Canada's 27th largest island]]. The island is located in [[Viscount Melville Sound]], with [[M'Clintock Channel]] to the east. It lies just off [[Victoria Island (Canada)|Victoria Island]]'s Storkerson Peninsula, separated by the [[Goldsmith Channel]]. Stefansson Island's highest mount is {{convert|290|m|ft|abbr=on}}.
 
The island is named after the Canadian explorer [[Vilhjalmur Stefansson]] (1879-1962).
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==Further reading==
<div class="references-small">
* Fyles, J. G. ''Surficial Geology of Victoria and Stefansson Islands, District of Franklin''. Ottawa: Roger Duhamel, Queen's Printr, 1963.
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{{Islands of the Kitikmeot Region}}
{{coord|73|30|N|105|30|W|region:CA_type:isle|display=title}}
 
[[Category:Victoria Island]]