Brevoort Island

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.

Brevoort Island
Brevoort Island is located in Nunavut
Brevoort Island
Brevoort Island
Brevoort Island is located in Canada
Brevoort Island
Brevoort Island
Geography
LocationNorthern Canada
Coordinates63°30′15″N 64°20′00″W[1]
ArchipelagoArctic Archipelago
Area271 km2 (105 sq mi)
Administration
Canada
TerritoryNunavut
RegionQikiqtaaluk
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

Geography

Brevoort Island, with an area of 271 km2 (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.[3]

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 [4]

References
  1. "Brevoort Island". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
  2. "Brevoort Island". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
  3. "Brevoort Island". oceandots.com. Archived from the original on December 23, 2010. Retrieved 2008-04-13.
  4. "Brevoort Island, Nunavut". lswilson.ca. Retrieved 2008-04-13.


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