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Doak Island is an island located within Coronation Gulf, south of Victoria Island, in the Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is approximately 4 m (13 ft) above sea level.[1]

Doak Island

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Geography
Location	Coronation Gulf
Coordinates	68°23′N 111°26′W
Archipelago	Canadian Arctic Archipelago
Administration
Canada
Territory	Nunavut
Region	Kitikmeot
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited

It was named after Corporal William Andrew Doak, a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.[2] Doak was killed by his Inuit prisoner, Alikomiak, in 1922 at Kugluktuk.[3] Alikomiak and his fellow prisoner Tatimagana were the first Inuit to be executed for murder under Canadian law.[4]

Other islands in the vicinity include Bate Island, Murray Island, Edinburgh Island, and Takhoalok Island, as well as the Sesqui Islands.[5]

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