Coburg Island

Coburg Island
Native name: Nirjutiqavvik
	Seabirds nesting at Coburg Island
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Geography
Location	Lady Ann Strait
Coordinates	75°57′N 79°18′W / 75.950°N 79.300°W
Archipelago	Arctic Archipelago
Area	411 km2 (159 sq mi)
Length	38 km (23.6 mi)
Width	22–24 km (14–15 mi)
Highest elevation	800 m (2600 ft)
Highest point	Unnamed
Administration
	Canada
Nunavut	Nunavut
Region	Qikiqtaaluk
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited

Coburg Island (Inuktitut: Nirjutiqavvik)^[1] is an uninhabited island in Qikiqtaaluk, Nunavut, Canada. It is one of the members of Queen Elizabeth Islands located in Baffin Bay's Lady Ann Strait. It is separated from Ellesmere Island by Glacier Strait; Devon Island is to the south.

Elsewhere in Nunavut, there is also a tiny Saxe-Coburg Island, lying in Davis Strait, south of Leopold Island, itself east of Baffin Island's Cape Mercy (Cumberland Peninsula).

Geography

The island is characterized by cliffs, rocky shores, and tundra.

Coburg Island has several designated conservation classifications including International Biological Program site and Key Migratory Bird Terrestrial Habitat site. Along with the surrounding marine area, the island is a part of the Nirjutiqavvik National Wildlife Area.^[2]

Cambridge Point, off of the southeastern Marina Peninsula, is a Canadian Important Bird Area notable for black guillemot, black-legged kittiwake, glaucous gull, northern fulmar, and thick-billed murre.^[2] A portion of Cambridge Point is within the NWA.

^ "Nunavut National Wildlife Area Facts". cws-scf.ec.gc.ca. 2005-06-21. Retrieved 2009-04-24.^{[dead link]}
^ ^a ^b ^c "Cambridge Point". bsc-eoc.org. Archived from the original on 2011-06-12. Retrieved 2009-04-23.

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