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Promise Island

Coordinates: 63°21′30″N 90°32′00″W / 63.35833°N 90.53333°W / 63.35833; -90.53333
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Promise Island (Nannuyuma)
Promise Island (Nannuyuma) is located in Nunavut
Promise Island (Nannuyuma)
Promise Island (Nannuyuma)
Promise Island (Nannuyuma) is located in Canada
Promise Island (Nannuyuma)
Promise Island (Nannuyuma)
Geography
LocationHudson Bay
Coordinates63°21′30″N 90°32′00″W / 63.35833°N 90.53333°W / 63.35833; -90.53333
ArchipelagoArctic Archipelago
Highest elevation300 ft (90 m)
Administration
Canada
NunavutNunavut
RegionKivalliq
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

Promise Island (Inuktitut: Nannuyuma; meaning: "polar bear")[1] is located near the western shore of Hudson Bay.[2] It is barely a square kilometre in area and rises 300 ft (91 m) in elevation on its northern side.[3] It is located about 9 km (5.6 mi)[4] from the community of Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut, Canada, and is part of a loose chain of small islands running along the coast, including the Wag Islands and Pitsiulartok (Fairway Island).

The island is home to a wide range of wildlife, including the Arctic fox (alopex lagopus innuitus), the harbour seal (phoca hispida), the polar bear, the brown lemming (lemmus t. trimucronatus), the barren-ground caribou (rangifer arcticus), and the red phalarope.[5][6]

References

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  1. ^ Arctic Institute of North America. "Field Notes on Mammals of the Chesterfield Inlet District of Keewatin" (PDF). ucalgary.ca. Retrieved 2008-04-15.
  2. ^ "Promise Island, Nunavut, Canada". travelingluck.com. Retrieved 2008-04-15.
  3. ^ Geological Survey of Canada (1898). Annual Report. The Survey. p. 80. Retrieved 2008-04-16 – via Internet Archive. Promise Island.
  4. ^ "Geographic features & Photographs around Chesterfield Inlet, in Nunavut, Canada". travelingluck.com. Retrieved 2008-04-15.
  5. ^ Arctic Institute of North America. "Field Notes on Mammals of the Chesterfield Inlet District of Keewatin" (PDF). ucalgary.ca. Retrieved 2008-04-16.
  6. ^ Arctic Institute of North America. "Observations on the Breeding Behaviour of Phalaropes" (PDF). ucalgary.ca. Retrieved 2008-04-16.