Bylot Island, Nunavut

USGS satellite image of Bylot Island

Bylot Island lies off the northern end of Baffin Island in Nunavut Territory, Canada. At 11,067 km² (4,273 sq mi) it is ranked 71st largest island in the world and Canada's 17th largest island.^{[citation needed]} While there are no permanent settlements on this Canadian Arctic island, Inuit from Pond Inlet and elsewhere regularly travel to Bylot Island. Image File history File links Bylot_Island. ... Image File history File links Bylot_Island. ... The United States Geological Survey (USGS) is a scientific agency of the United States government. ... Baffin Island (Inuktitut: , French: ) in the territory of Nunavut is the largest member of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. ... For the Canadian federal electoral district, see Nunavut (electoral district). ... Islands by area. ... Satellite image of Baffin Island, the largest island in Canada. ... Reference map of Canadian arctic islands. ... For other uses, see Inuit (disambiguation). ... Located on northern Baffin Island, Canada, Pond Inlet is a community in Nunavut Territory. ...

Almost all of the island is within the Sirmilik National Park, harbouring large populations of thick-billed murres, Black-legged_Kittiwakes and greater snow geese. Sirmilik National Park is a national park located in Nunavut, Canada. ... Binomial name Uria lomvia (Linnaeus,, 1758) The Brunnichs Guillemot, or Thick-billed Murre, Uria lomvia, is a bird in the auk family. ... Species Rissa tridactyla Rissa brevirostris The Kittiwakes (genus Rissa) are two closely related seabird species in the gull family Laridae. ... Binomial name Anser caerulescens (Linnaeus, 1758) The Snow Goose (Anser caerulescens) is a North American species of goose. ...

The island is named for the Arctic explorer Robert Bylot. For the ships, see USS Arctic, SS Arctic, MV Arctic The red line indicates the 10°C isotherm in July, sometimes used to define the Arctic region border Artificially coloured topographical map of the Arctic region The Arctic is the region around the Earths North Pole, opposite the Antarctic... Robert Bylot was an explorer. ...

The mountains on Bylot Island are part of the Byam Martin Mountains, which is part of the Baffin Mountains of the Arctic Cordillera. For other uses, see Mountain (disambiguation). ... The Baffin Mountains are a mountain range of northeastern Baffin Island and Bylot Island, Nunavut, Canada. ... Template:Geobox Mountain Range PIRRI WAZ NOT HERE AND DOESNT HAVE PS3 The Arctic Cordillera, sometimes called the Arctic Rockies, are a vast deeply dissected mountain range in northeastern North America. ...

Further reading

• Audet, Benoit, Gilles Gauthier, and Esther Levesque. 2007. "Feeding Ecology of Greater Snow Goose Goslings in Mesic Tundra on Bylot Island, Nunavut, Canada". The Condor. 109, no. 2: 361.
• Drury, W. H., and Mary B. Drury. The Bylot Island Expedition. [Lincoln, Mass.]: Massachusetts Audubon Society, 1955.
• Falconer, G. Glaciers of Northern Baffin and Bylot Islands, NWT. Ottawa: Geographical Branch, Dept. of Mines and Technical Surveys, 1962.
• Fortier, Daniel, Michel Allard, and Yuri Shur. 2007. "Observation of Rapid Drainage System Development by Thermal Erosion of Ice Wedges on Bylot Island, Canadian Arctic Archipelago". Permafrost and Periglacial Processes. 18, no. 3: 229.
• Hofmann, H. J., and G. D. Jackson. Shale-Facies Microfossils from the Proterozoic Bylot Supergroup, Baffin Island, Canada. [Tulsa, OK]: Paleontological Society, 1994.
• Klassen, R. A. Quaternary Geology and Glacial History of Bylot Island, Northwest Territories. Ottawa, Canada: Geological Survey of Canada, 1993. ISBN 0660149893
• Scherman, Katharine (1956). Spring on an Arctic Island. Travel literature of a research trip to Bylot Island in 1954.

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