North Kent Island Explained

North Kent Island
Pushpin Map:Canada Nunavut#Canada
Native Name Link:Inuktitut
Location:Cardigan Strait
Coordinates:76.6667°N -105°W
Archipelago:Queen Elizabeth Islands
Arctic Archipelago
Area Km2:590
Length Km:42
Width Km:23
Elevation M:600
Country:Canada
Country Admin Divisions Title:Nunavut
Country Admin Divisions:Nunavut
Country Admin Divisions Title 1:Region
Country Admin Divisions 1:Qikiqtaaluk
Population:Uninhabited

North Kent Island is one of the uninhabited Queen Elizabeth Islands in the Canadian arctic islands in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. It is located in the Cardigan Strait between Devon Island's Colin Archer Peninsula and Ellesmere Island's Simmons Peninsula.

Geography

The 590km2 island's terrain is flat-topped and ice-capped, with steep cliffs.

Fauna

North Kent Island is a Canadian Important Bird Area (#NU052), and an International Biological Program site. Notable bird species include black guillemot, common eider, glaucous gull, and Thayer's gull.[1]

Walrus, bearded seal, ringed seal, and narwhal frequent the area.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: North Kent Island. bsc-eoc.org. 2009-05-08. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110612103712/http://www.bsc-eoc.org/iba/site.jsp?siteID=NU052. 2011-06-12.