Brevoort Island

Uninhabited island in Nunavut, Canada

63°30′15″N 64°20′00″W / 63.50417°N 64.33333°W / 63.50417; -64.33333 (Brevoort Island)[1]ArchipelagoArctic ArchipelagoArea271 km2 (105 sq mi)Administration
Canada
TerritoryNunavutRegionQikiqtaalukDemographicsPopulationUninhabited

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

Brevoort 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

The 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

  1. ^ "Brevoort Island". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
  2. ^ "Brevoort Island". oceandots.com. Archived from the original on December 23, 2010. Retrieved 2008-04-13.
  3. ^ "Brevoort Island, Nunavut". lswilson.ca. Retrieved 2008-04-13.

External links

  • Satellite image
  • Photo RES-X-1, May 1957
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Islands of the Qikiqtaaluk Region
 Belcher IslandsIslands of Cumberland SoundIslands of Davis StraitIslands of Foxe BasinIslands of Frobisher BayIslands of the Gulf of BoothiaIslands of Hudson BayIslands of Hudson StraitIslands of James Bay
Islands of the Labrador SeaQueen Elizabeth Islands
Ellesmere Island
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See also Islands of the Kitikmeot Region, Islands of the Kivalliq Region.
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