Awrey Island
Island in Nunavut, Canada
62°07′59″N 079°16′00″W / 62.13306°N 79.26667°W / 62.13306; -79.26667 (Awrey Island)Canada
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
- ^ "Awrey Island". bsc-eoc.org. Archived from the original on 2011-06-12. Retrieved 2009-04-23.
- Awrey Island at Atlas of Canada
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Islands of the Qikiqtaaluk Region
- Adams
- Akpatok
- Alfred
- Allen
- Arvalik
- Aulattivik
- Aulitivik
- Aulitiving
- Baffin
- Barth
- Beacon (Ungava Bay)
- Bergesen
- Bjarnason
- Bylot
- Davids
- Dexterity
- Diana
- Edgeworth
- Eider
- Elder
- Fraser
- Gyrfalcon
- Hamilton
- Imiliit
- Imiqqutailaqtuuq
- Kaigosuiyat
- Kilian
- Lady Franklin
- Landslip
- Lock
- Low
- Marvin
- Mumiksaa
- Nakoaiyet
- Nova Zembla
- Old Squaw
- Otrick
- Pandora
- Payne
- Peter Richards
- Pilattuaq
- Pisiktarfik
- Plover
- Prescott
- Prince Leopold
- Prince of Wales
- Qikiqta
- Qikiqtaaluk
- Qimivvik
- Round
- Russell
- Saglaarjuk
- Saglirjuaq
- Salikuit
- Saneruarsuk
- Simialuk
- Somerset
- Spicer
- Stephens
- Trinity
- Vesey Hamilton
- Vivian
- Wollaston
- Yeoman
- Young
- Akulagok
- Anarnittuq
- Aupaluktok
- Aupaluktut
- Blacklead
- Clear Passage
- Drum
- Ekallulik
- Iglunga
- Imigen
- Ivisa
- Kaigosuit
- Kangigutsak
- Kekertelung
- Kekerten
- Kekertukdjuak
- Kudjak
- Maktaktujanak
- Miliakdjuin
- Moodie
- Nimigen
- Nunatak
- Nuvujen
- Opingivik
- Sanigut
- Saunik
- Shakshukowshee
- Shakshukuk
- Tesseralik
- Tuapait
- Upajjana
- Utaqqiurviarjuruluk
- Utsusivik
- Wareham
- Algerine
- Alligator
- Anchorage
- Aubrey
- Augustus
- Bear
- Beveridge
- Bishop
- Brigus
- Brook
- Bruce
- Cairn
- Camp
- Carter
- Chase
- Coffin
- Crimmins
- Crowell
- Culbertson
- Daniel
- Dog
- Eden
- Emerick
- Falk
- Faris
- Field
- Fletcher
- Frobisher's Farthest
- Gabriel
- Gardiner
- Gay
- Gross
- Halford
- Hantzsch
- Harper
- Hill
- Jenvey
- Kodlunarn
- Kudlago
- Kungo
- Lefferts
- Leopold
- Loks Land
- Long
- Low
- Luella
- Mair
- Mark
- Mary
- McAllister
- McBride
- McLaren
- McLean
- Metela
- Mitchell
- Monument
- Nest
- Nouyarn
- Ogden
- Pan
- Peak
- Pichit
- Pike
- Pink Lady
- Pope
- Potter
- Precipice
- Ptarmigan
- Pugh
- Qarsau
- Quadrifid
- Redan
- Resor
- Sale
- Scalene
- Sliver
- Smith
- Sybil
- Thompson
- Whiskukun
- Crown Prince Frederik
- Glen
- Honeyman
- Lavoie
- Sabine
- Wales
- Anguttuaq
- Aulatsiviit
- Avingasittuit Siqinirsipangat
- Beacon (Hudson Strait)
- Black Bluff
- Bush
- Button
- Charles
- Clark
- Dolphin
- Dorset
- Edgell
- Erhardt
- Goodwin
- Gudmusson
- Hector
- Holdridge
- Ijjuriktuq
- Ivvitsa
- Kaavvijjuaq
- King
- Kinngarjuaq
- Lacy
- Lavoie
- Lawson
- Leading
- Lower Savage
- MacColl
- Mallik
- Middle Savage
- Mill
- Naniruaq
- Niels
- Nottingham
- Nunarijjait
- Nuvuktiqpaaraaluk
- Nuvursiit
- Observation
- Point
- Poodlatee
- Qaqqannalik
- Qaiqsuarjuk
- Qikiqtaalujjuaq
- Qikiqtarjuaq
- Qikiqtarjuarusiq
- Resolution
- Saarru
- Salisbury
- Saqajaa
- Sheer
- Strathcona
- Takijualuk
- Ukaliqtuuq
- Ungirlauttat
- Upirngiviaaluk
- Akimiski
- Bear
- Big
- Cape Hope
- Carey
- Charlton
- Grey Goose
- Gull
- Jacob
- Moore
- North Twin
- Paint Hills
- Solomons Temple
- South Twin
- Spencer
- Stag
- Strutton
- Sunday
- Trodely
- Twin
- Walter
- Weston
- Brevoort
- Cape Chidley
- Christopher Hall
- Hozier
- Hudson
- Ilikok
- Jackson
- Killiniq
- Knight
- Leybourne
- Little Hall
- Muingmak
- Rogers
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