Brevoort Island is a small, uninhabited island located in the Davis Strait off the eastern coast of Baffin Island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of northern Canada's territory of Nunavut. The island is a member of the Arctic Archipelago and lies north of Cape Murchison, opposite the Cumberland Peninsula.
Geography | |
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Location | Northern Canada |
Coordinates | 63°30′15″N 64°20′00″W / 63.50417°N 64.33333°W[1] |
Archipelago | Arctic Archipelago |
Area | 271 km2 (105 sq mi) |
Administration | |
Canada | |
Territory | Nunavut |
Region | Qikiqtaaluk |
Demographics | |
Population | Uninhabited |
Geography
editBrevoort Island, with an area of 271 km2 (105 sq mi), is 46 km (29 mi) in length, and 5–7 km (3.1–4.3 mi) in width. It has a hilly interior, mostly composed of granite.[2]
Military use
editThe island is the home of BAF-3, a North Warning System Long Range Radar site. Before the transition to the NWS it functioned as a rearward communications (relay) station for the Distant Early Warning Line, designated as RES-X-1 [3]
References
edit- ^ "Brevoort Island". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
- ^ "Brevoort Island". oceandots.com. Archived from the original on December 23, 2010. Retrieved 2008-04-13.
- ^ "Brevoort Island, Nunavut". lswilson.ca. Retrieved 2008-04-13.
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