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Uninhabited island in Nunavut, Canada

Brevoort Island
Brevoort Island is located in Nunavut
Brevoort Island
Brevoort Island
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Brevoort Island is located in Canada
Brevoort Island
Brevoort Island
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Geography
LocationNorthern Canada
Coordinates63°30′15″N 64°20′00″W / 63.50417°N 64.33333°W / 63.50417; -64.33333 (Brevoort Island)
ArchipelagoArctic Archipelago
Area271 km (105 sq mi)
Administration
Canada
TerritoryNunavut
RegionQikiqtaaluk
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

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 km (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.

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

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.

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