Promise Island (Nunavut)

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Promise Island (Nannuyuma)
Geography
Location Northern Canada
Coordinates 63°22′N 90°32′W / 63.367, -90.533Coordinates: 63°22′N 90°32′W / 63.367, -90.533
Highest point 300 ft.
Administration
Flag of Canada Canada
Nunavut Flag of Nunavut Nunavut
Kivalliq Region
Demographics
Population 0

Promise Island (Inuktitut: Nannuyuma[1]) is located near the western shore of Hudson Bay at 63°22'N 90°32'W.[2] It is barely a square kilometer in area,[3] and rises 300 feet in elevation on its northern side.[4] It is located about 9km[5] from the community of Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut, Canada, and is part of a loose chain of small islands running along the coast, including the Wag Islands and Pitsiulartok (Fairway Island).

The island is home to a wide range of wildlife, including the arctic fox (alopex lagopus innuitus), the harbor seal (phoca hispida), the polar bear, the brown lemming (lemmus t. trimucronatus), the barren-ground caribou (rangifer arcticus), and the red phalarope.[6][7]

The name "Nannuyuma" is an Inuktitut word for "polar bear".[8]

"Natives, Promise Island" Photo c. 1920-25 by Hudson's Bay Company employee Capt. George Cleveland of the motor schooner Fort Chesterfield.
"Natives, Promise Island" Photo c. 1920-25 by Hudson's Bay Company employee Capt. George Cleveland of the motor schooner Fort Chesterfield.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Arctic Institute of North America. [http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic23-1-49.pdf Field Notes on Mammals of the Chesterfield Inlet District of Keewatin]. Retrieved on 2008-04-15.
  2. ^ Promise Island, Nunavut, Canada. '. Retrieved on 2008-04-15.
  3. ^ 63°22'N 90°32'W. Retrieved on 2008-04-15.
  4. ^ Geological Survey of Canada (1898). Annual Report. Retrieved on 2008-04-16.
  5. ^ Geographic features & Photographs around Chesterfield Inlet, in Nunavut, Canada. Retrieved on 2008-04-15.
  6. ^ Arctic Institute of North America. Field Notes on Mammals of the Chesterfield Inlet District of Keewatin. Retrieved on 2008-04-16.
  7. ^ Arctic Institute of North America. Observations on the Breeding Behaviour of Phalaropes. Retrieved on 2008-04-16.
  8. ^ Arctic Institute of North America. [http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic23-1-49.pdf Field Notes on Mammals of the Chesterfield Inlet District of Keewatin]. Retrieved on 2008-04-15.