Philpots Island

Philpots Island
Geography
Location Northern Canada
Coordinates 74°57′N 079°58′W / 74.950°N 79.967°W / 74.950; -79.967 (Philpots Island)Coordinates: 74°57′N 079°58′W / 74.950°N 79.967°W / 74.950; -79.967 (Philpots Island)
Archipelago Queen Elizabeth Islands
Canadian Arctic Archipelago
Administration
Canada
Territory Nunavut
Region Qikiqtaaluk
Demographics
Population Uninhabited

Philpots Island is a member of the Queen Elizabeth Islands and the Canadian Arctic Archipelago in the territory of Nunavut. It is the largest of Devon Island's offshore islands, located at Devon's eastern end.[1] It lies in Baffin Bay, with Hyde Inlet to the north, and the Parry Channel to the south.

Philpots Island is home to northern fulmars, glaucous gulls, and ivory gulls[2]

References

  1. "Devon Island". oceandots.com. Archived from the original on December 23, 2010. Retrieved 2008-06-26.
  2. Nettleship, D.N. "Seabird Colonies and Distributions" (PDF). ucalgary.ca. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 24, 2013. Retrieved 2008-06-26.

External link


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Friday, April 01, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.