North Kent Island

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North Kent Island
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North Kent Island, Nunavut.
Geography
Location Cardigan Strait
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Archipelago Queen Elizabeth Islands
Canadian Arctic Archipelago
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Length 42 km (26.1 mi)
Width 23 km (14.3 mi)
Highest elevation 600 m (2,000 ft)
Country
Nunavut Nunavut
Region Qikiqtaaluk
Demographics
Population Uninhabited

North Kent Island is one of the uninhabited Canadian arctic islands in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. It is located in the Cardigan Strait between Devon Island's Colin Archer Peninsula and Ellesmere Island's Simmons Peninsula.

Geography

The 590 km2 (230 sq mi) island's terrain is flat-topped and ice-capped, with steep cliffs.

Fauna

North Kent Island is a Canadian Important Bird Area (#NU052), and an International Biological Program site. Notable bird species include black guillemot, common eider, glaucous gull, and Thayer's gull.[1]

Walrus, bearded seal, ringed seal, and narwhal frequent the area.

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