North Kent Island
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North Kent Island, Nunavut.
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Geography | |
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Location | Cardigan Strait |
Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Archipelago | Queen Elizabeth Islands Canadian Arctic Archipelago |
Area | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). |
Length | 42 km (26.1 mi) |
Width | 23 km (14.3 mi) |
Highest elevation | 600 m (2,000 ft) |
Country | |
Nunavut | Nunavut |
Region | Qikiqtaaluk |
Demographics | |
Population | Uninhabited |
North Kent Island is one of the uninhabited 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.
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Geography
The 590 km2 (230 sq mi) 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.
References
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External link
- North Kent Island in the Atlas of Canada - Toporama; Natural Resources Canada
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