Cape Pembroke (Nunavut)
Cape Pembroke | |
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  Cape Pembroke | |
| Coordinates: 62°56′N 81°55′W / 62.933°N 81.917°W[1] | |
| Location | Coats Island, Nunavut, Canada |
| Offshore water bodies | Hudson Bay |
| Topo map | NTS 45I13 Cairn Cove |
Cape Pembroke is an uninhabited headland at the northeastern tip of Coats Island in northern Hudson Bay within the Kivalliq Region of Nunavut, Canada.
Geography
The habitat is characterized by a small, elevated outcrop of Precambrian gneiss and rocky uplands rising to an elevation of 215 m (705 ft) above sea level.[2] It is 3 km2 (1.2 sq mi) in size.
Conservation
The cape is a Canadian Important Bird Area (#NU005) and a Key Migratory Bird Habitat Site.
Fauna
Notable bird species include thick-billed murre, black guillemots, peregrine falcon, glaucous gull,[3] and common eider.[4]
History
Welsh Royal Navy officer, Sir Thomas Button, in 1612 was the first European to visit the cape.[5]
References
- ^ "Cape Pembroke". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved May 21, 2024.
- ^ "Coats Island/Cape Pembroke (NU005)". Retrieved May 21, 2024.
- ^ "Coats Island/Cape Pembroke". bsc-eoc.org. Archived from the original on June 12, 2011. Retrieved May 5, 2009.
- ^ a b Gaston, Anthony J.; Henri Ouellet (June 1997). "Birds and mammals of Coats Island". Arctic. 50 (2): 3. doi:10.14430/arctic1094.
- ^ Barrow, John (1818). A chronological history of voyages into the Arctic regions: undertaken chiefly for the purpose of discovering a north-east, north-west, or polar passage between the Atlantic and Pacific ... (Digitized June 25, 2007 ed.). London: J. Murray. p. 200. ISBN 978-0-7153-4951-9.