Awrey Island

Awrey Island
Awrey Island
Location in Nunavut
Geography
Location Hudson Bay
Coordinates 62°07′59″N 079°16′00″W / 62.13306°N 79.26667°W / 62.13306; -79.26667 (Awrey Island)Coordinates: 62°07′59″N 079°16′00″W / 62.13306°N 79.26667°W / 62.13306; -79.26667 (Awrey Island)
Archipelago Canadian Arctic Archipelago
Country
Nunavut Nunavut
Region Qikiqtaaluk
Demographics
Population Uninhabited

Awrey Island is an uninhabited island located in Hudson Bay, within the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. It is situated 1 km (0.62 mi) east of Mansel Island. Quebec's Ungava Peninsula is to the east.

Geography

Characteristics of this isolated, young (less than 2000 years old) island include low-lying tundra and a rocky shoreline.

Fauna

The island is a Canadian Important Bird Area (#NU018) and a Key Migratory Bird Terrestrial Habitat site. It is notable for the common eider species.[1]

References

  1. "Awrey Island". bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2009-04-23.


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