Promise Island (Nunavut)
Promise Island (Inuktitut: Nannuyuma; meaning: "polar bear")[1]) is located near the western shore of Hudson Bay.[2] It is barely a square kilometer in area,[3] and rises 300 ft (91 m) in elevation on its northern side.[4] It is located about 9 km (5.6 mi)[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]
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