Cape Pembroke (Nunavut) Explained

Cape Pembroke
Type:	Cape
Map:	Canada Nunavut
Location:	Coats Island, Nunavut, Canada
Water Bodies:	Hudson Bay
Coordinates:	62.9333°N -136°W

Cape Pembroke is an uninhabited headland at the northeastern tip of Coats Island in northern Hudson Bay within the Kivalliq Region of Nunavut, Canada.

Geography

The habitat is characterized by a small, elevated outcrop of Precambrian gneiss and rocky uplands rising to an elevation of above sea level.^[1] It is in size.

Conservation

The cape is a Canadian Important Bird Area (#NU005) and a Key Migratory Bird Habitat Site.

Fauna

Notable bird species include thick-billed murre, black guillemots, peregrine falcon, glaucous gull,^[2] and common eider.

Walrus frequent the area.^[3]

History

Welsh Royal Navy officer, Sir Thomas Button, in 1612 was the first European to visit the cape.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Coats Island/Cape Pembroke (NU005). May 21, 2024.
2. Web site: Coats Island/Cape Pembroke. bsc-eoc.org. 2009-05-05. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110612101722/http://www.bsc-eoc.org/iba/site.jsp?siteID=NU005. 2011-06-12.
3. Gaston. Anthony J.. Henri Ouellet. June 1997. Birds and mammals of Coats Island. Arctic. 50. 2. 3. 10.14430/arctic1094. free.
4. Book: Barrow, John . A chronological history of voyages into the Arctic regions: undertaken chiefly for the purpose of discovering a north-east, north-west, or polar passage between the Atlantic and Pacific .... J. Murray. London. 1818. Digitized June 25, 2007. 200. 978-0-7153-4951-9.