Kugong Island

Island in Nunavut, Canada
56°20′N 079°50′W / 56.333°N 79.833°W / 56.333; -79.833 (Kugong Island)ArchipelagoBelcher Islands
Arctic ArchipelagoArea321 km2 (124 sq mi)Length54 km (33.6 mi)Coastline184 km (114.3 mi)Administration
Canada
TerritoryNunavutRegionQikiqtaalukDemographicsPopulationUninhabitedSource: Sea Islands at Atlas of Canada[1]

Kugong Island is an uninhabited island in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. Located in Hudson Bay, it is the westernmost member of the Belcher Islands group.[2] Along with Flaherty Island, Innetalling Island, and Tukarak Island, it is one of the four large islands in the group.[3] Kugong Island and Flaherty Island are separated by the Churchill Sound.

Fauna

Arctic hare are common on the island.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Sea Islands". atlas.nrcan.gc.ca. Archived from the original on 2013-01-22. Retrieved 2009-08-04.
  2. ^ Publications. Vol. 77 (Digitized May 5, 2009 ed.). United States. Hydrographic Office. 1946. p. 391.
  3. ^ "Section 15, Chart Information" (PDF). pollux.nss.nima.mil. p. 322. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2004-11-19. Retrieved 2009-08-04.
  4. ^ Chapman, Joseph A.; John E. C. Flux (1991). Rabbits, hares and pikas: status survey and conservation action plan. IUCN. p. 69. ISBN 2-8317-0019-1.
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Arctic Cordillera of Canada
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Islands of the Qikiqtaaluk Region
 
Belcher Islands
Islands of Cumberland Sound
Islands of Davis Strait
Islands of Foxe Basin
Islands of Frobisher Bay
Islands of the Gulf of Boothia
Islands of Hudson Bay
Islands of Hudson Strait
Islands of James Bay
Islands of the Labrador Sea
Queen Elizabeth Islands
Ellesmere Island
Parry Islands
Sverdrup Islands
Islands in italics are inhabited. See also Islands of the Kitikmeot Region, Islands of the Kivalliq Region
See also Islands of the Kitikmeot Region, Islands of the Kivalliq Region.


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