Cape Pembroke (Nunavut)

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Cape Pembroke is an uninhabited headland at the northeastern tip of Coats Island in northern Hudson Bay within the Kivalliq Region of Nunavut, Canada.

Geography

The habitat is characterized by a small, elevated outcrop of Precambrian gneiss and rocky uplands rising to an elevation of 215 m (705 ft) above sea level. It is 3 km2 (1.2 sq mi) in size.

Conservation

The cape is a Canadian Important Bird Area (#NU005) and a Key Migratory Bird Habitat Site.

Fauna

Notable bird species include Thick-billed Murre, Black Guillemots, Peregrine falcon, Glaucous Gull,[1] and Common Eider.[2]

Walrus frequent the area.[2]

History

It was discovered in 1612 and named by Sir Thomas Button,[3] a Welsh officer of the Royal Navy.

References

  1. ↑ "Coats Island/Cape Pembroke". bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2009-05-05. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Gaston, Anthony J.; Henri Ouellet (June 1997). "Birds and mammals of Coats Island". Arctic (aina.ucalgary.ca) 50 (2): 3. 
  3. ↑ Barrow, John (1818). A chronological history of voyages into the Arctic regions: undertaken chiefly for the purpose of discovering a north-east, north-west, or polar passage between the Atlantic and Pacific ... (Digitized June 25, 2007 ed.). London: J. Murray. p. 200. ISBN 0-7153-4951-1. 

Coordinates: 62°55′59″N 081°55′00″W / 62.93306°N 81.91667°W / 62.93306; -81.91667 (Cape Pembroke)


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