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Paint Hills Islands
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Geography
Location	Northern Canada
Coordinates	52°57′N 079°01′W / 52.950°N 79.017°W
Administration
	Canada
Nunavut	Nunavut
Region	Qikiqtaaluk
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited
	Source: Paint Hills Islands at Atlas of Canada

The Paint Hills Islands are located in James Bay, a part of the Qikiqtaaluk Region, in the Canadian territory of Nunavut. They are southwest of Wemindji, Quebec (Cree for "red ochre mountain"), a Cree community on Paint Hills Bay, and northeast of Solomons Temple Islands.^[1]

In 1950, Thomas Henry Manning studied high tide and driftwood strand lines on Paint Hills Islands.^[2]

References edit

^ "Paint Hills Islands, Nunavut". atlas.nrcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2008-08-06.
^ Manning, T.H. (1951). "Remarks on the Tides and Driftwood Strand Lines along the East Coast of James Bay". Arctic. 4 (2). ucalgary.ca. doi:10.14430/arctic3940.

Geography
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Location	Northern Canada
Coordinates	52°57′N 079°01′W / 52.950°N 79.017°W / 52.950; -79.017 (Paint Hills Islands)
Administration
Canada
Nunavut	Nunavut
Region	Qikiqtaaluk
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited
Source: Paint Hills Islands at Atlas of Canada