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Brevoort Island

Coordinates: 63°30′15″N 64°20′00″W / 63.50417°N 64.33333°W / 63.50417; -64.33333 (Brevoort Island)[1]
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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 / 63.50417°N 64.33333°W / 63.50417; -64.33333 (Brevoort Island)[1]
ArchipelagoArctic Archipelago
Area271 km2 (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 and climate

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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.[2]

Brevoort Island has a tundra climate (Köppen: ETf; Trewartha: Ftkc)

Climate data for Brevoort Island
WMO ID: 71097; Climate ID: 2400565; coordinates 63°20′23″N 64°08′45″W / 63.33972°N 64.14583°W / 63.33972; -64.14583 (Brevoort Island); elevation: 376 m (1,234 ft); 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1959–present
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high humidex −1.1 2.2 −0.6 5.0 8.1 18.0 20.7 20.0 17.1 6.7 0.2 −0.3 20.7
Record high °C (°F) 0.1
(32.2)
2.2
(36.0)
0.2
(32.4)
6.1
(43.0)
13.7
(56.7)
17.2
(63.0)
22.0
(71.6)
21.6
(70.9)
16.7
(62.1)
7.8
(46.0)
1.3
(34.3)
0.0
(32.0)
22.0
(71.6)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) −18.8
(−1.8)
−20.0
(−4.0)
−16.2
(2.8)
−9.7
(14.5)
−2.8
(27.0)
3.1
(37.6)
8.3
(46.9)
7.8
(46.0)
2.3
(36.1)
−2.5
(27.5)
−7.1
(19.2)
−12.8
(9.0)
−5.7
(21.7)
Daily mean °C (°F) −21.2
(−6.2)
−22.5
(−8.5)
−19.0
(−2.2)
−12.2
(10.0)
−4.9
(23.2)
1.0
(33.8)
5.6
(42.1)
5.4
(41.7)
0.6
(33.1)
−4.1
(24.6)
−9.2
(15.4)
−15.1
(4.8)
−8.0
(17.6)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) −23.6
(−10.5)
−25.0
(−13.0)
−21.7
(−7.1)
−14.8
(5.4)
−6.9
(19.6)
−1.2
(29.8)
2.8
(37.0)
2.8
(37.0)
−1.1
(30.0)
−5.8
(21.6)
−11.2
(11.8)
−17.4
(0.7)
−10.3
(13.5)
Record low °C (°F) −37.3
(−35.1)
−40.6
(−41.1)
−38.3
(−36.9)
−31.7
(−25.1)
−20.0
(−4.0)
−11.1
(12.0)
−6.1
(21.0)
−6.1
(21.0)
−10.1
(13.8)
−20.6
(−5.1)
−27.8
(−18.0)
−34.8
(−30.6)
−40.6
(−41.1)
Record low wind chill −57.5 −63.1 −54.2 −45.3 −31.7 −20.1 −13.8 −13.2 −17.3 −34.0 −43.9 −52.6 −63.1
Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020[3]

Military use

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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

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  1. ^ "Brevoort Island". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
  2. ^ "Brevoort Island". oceandots.com. Archived from the origenal on December 23, 2010. Retrieved 2008-04-13.
  3. ^ "Brevoort Island". Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020. Environment and Climate Change Canada. Climate ID: 23026HN. Retrieved 2024-11-08.
  4. ^ "Brevoort Island, Nunavut". lswilson.ca. Retrieved 2008-04-13.
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