Bylot Island

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Bylot Island, Nunavut
Bylot Island, Nunavut
USGS satellite image of Bylot Island
USGS satellite image of Bylot Island

Bylot Island lies off the northern end of Baffin Island in Nunavut Territory, Canada. At 4,273 sq mi (11,067 km²) it is ranked 71st largest island in the world and Canada's 17th largest island.[citation needed] There are no permanent settlements on the island, Inuit from Pond Inlet and elsewhere regularly travel to the island.

Almost all of the island is within the Sirmilik National Park, harbouring large populations of thick-billed murres, black-legged kittiwakes and greater snow geese.

The island is named for the Arctic explorer Robert Bylot.

[edit] Further reading

  • Katharine Scherman (1956). Spring on an Arctic Island. Travel literature of a research trip to Bylot Island in 1954.

Coordinates: 73°00′N 78°00′W


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