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Promise Island
Island in Nunavut, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Promise Island (Inuktitut: Nannuyuma; meaning: "polar bear")[1] is located near the western shore of Hudson Bay.[2] It is barely a square kilometre in area and rises 300 ft (91 m) in elevation on its northern side.[3] It is located about 9 km (5.6 mi)[4] from the community of Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut, Canada, and is part of a loose chain of small islands running along the coast, including the Wag Islands and Pitsiulartok (Fairway Island).
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Geography | |
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Location | Hudson Bay |
Coordinates | 63°21′30″N 90°32′00″W |
Archipelago | Arctic Archipelago |
Highest elevation | 300 ft (90 m) |
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Canada | |
Nunavut | Nunavut |
Region | Kivalliq |
Demographics | |
Population | Uninhabited |
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The island is home to a wide range of wildlife, including the Arctic fox (alopex lagopus innuitus), the harbour seal (phoca hispida), the polar bear, the brown lemming (lemmus t. trimucronatus), the barren-ground caribou (rangifer arcticus), and the red phalarope.[5][6]
- "Natives, Promise Island" Photo c. 1920-25 by Hudson's Bay Company employee Capt. George Cleveland of the motor schooner Fort Chesterfield.