The Brodeur Peninsula is an uninhabited
headland on
Baffin Island in the
Qikiqtaaluk Region of
Nunavut, Canada. It is located in the northwestern part of the island and is bounded by
Prince Regent Inlet
Prince Regent Inlet () is a body of water in Nunavut, Canada between the west end of Baffin Island (Brodeur Peninsula) and Somerset Island on the west. It opens north into Lancaster Sound and to the south merges into the Gulf of Boothia. The Arc ...
to the west,
Lancaster Sound
Lancaster Sound () is a body of water in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is located between Devon Island and Baffin Island, forming the eastern entrance to the Parry Channel and the Northwest Passage. East of the sound lies Baffin Bay ...
to the north, and
Admiralty Inlet
Admiralty Inlet is a strait in the U.S. state of Washington connecting the eastern end of the Strait of Juan de Fuca to Puget Sound. It lies between Whidbey Island and the northeastern part of the Olympic Peninsula.
Boundaries
It is general ...
to the east. The peninsula is connected to the rest of Baffin Island by a narrow
isthmus
An isthmus (; ; ) is a narrow piece of land connecting two larger areas across an expanse of water by which they are otherwise separated. A tombolo is an isthmus that consists of a spit or bar, and a strait is the sea counterpart of an isthmus ...
to the south.
Geography
The habitat is characterized by rocky shores and coastal cliffs, as well as barrens and rocky flats.
Fauna
Northwestern Brodeur Peninsula, in size, is a Canadian
Important Bird Area (#NU065).
It is home to the
ivory gull, but researchers have been witnessing a dramatic decrease in breeding populations in the region in recent times.
The western side of the Brodeur Peninsula is known as a
polar bear mating ground.
Land use
Serious efforts are underway to find minerals in the area. Twin Mining owns a , diamond property on the peninsula.
Diamonds on the Brodeur peninsula: A new kimberlite province in Nunavut, Canada
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References
External links
Brodeur Peninsula
at the Atlas of Canada
The Atlas of Canada (french: L'Atlas du Canada) is an online atlas published by Natural Resources Canada that has information on every city, town, village, and hamlet in Canada. It was originally a print atlas, with its first edition being publishe ...
Peninsulas of Qikiqtaaluk Region
Important Bird Areas of Qikiqtaaluk Region
Important Bird Areas of Arctic islands
Seabird colonies
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