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Bellot Island
Bellot
Island
is an
Arctic
island
in
Quttinirpaaq National Park
,
Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut
,
Canada
. It is located in
Lady Franklin Bay
, across from
Ellesmere
Island's
Fort Conger
.
Reindeer
and
muskoxen
frequent
the island
. Though there are no
permanent
settlements, archaeological
research
has found
evidence
of
Inuit
hearths
.
It is named for the
French
Arctic explorer
,
Joseph René Bellot
.