Cape Pembroke | |
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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.
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.
The cape is a Canadian Important Bird Area (#NU005) and a Key Migratory Bird Habitat Site.
Notable bird species include thick-billed murre, black guillemots, peregrine falcon, glaucous gull, [3] and common eider. [4]
Welsh Royal Navy officer, Sir Thomas Button, in 1612 was the first European to visit the cape. [5]
Cape Pembroke | |
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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.
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.
The cape is a Canadian Important Bird Area (#NU005) and a Key Migratory Bird Habitat Site.
Notable bird species include thick-billed murre, black guillemots, peregrine falcon, glaucous gull, [3] and common eider. [4]
Welsh Royal Navy officer, Sir Thomas Button, in 1612 was the first European to visit the cape. [5]