词条 | Fraser Island (Nunavut) |
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| name = Fraser Island | image_name = | image_caption = | image_size = | locator_map = | native_name = | native_name_link = Inuktitut | nickname = | location = Hudson Bay | coordinates = {{coord|63.48|-78.5|region:CA-NU_type:isle|display=inline,title|name=Fraser Island}} | archipelago = Canadian Arctic Archipelago | total_islands = | major_islands = | area_km2 = 55 | highest_mount = | elevation_m = | country = Canada | country_admin_divisions_title = Nunavut | country_admin_divisions = Nunavut | country_admin_divisions_title_1 = Region | country_admin_divisions_1 = Qikiqtaaluk | country_admin_divisions_title_2 = | country_admin_divisions_2 = | country_capital_city = | country_largest_city = | country_largest_city_population = | country_leader_title = | country_leader_name = | population = Uninhabited | population_as_of = | density_km2 = | ethnic_groups = }} Fraser Island is an uninhabited island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. It is located at the mouth of Hudson Bay off Nottingham Island's northwestern tip. The closest community is the Inuit hamlet of Cape Dorset, {{convert|120|km|abbr=on}} to the northeast on Baffin Island. GeographyThe island's habitat is characterized by tundra, inlets, coastal marine features, coastal cliffs, and rocky marine shores. FaunaFraser Island is a Canadian Important Bird Area (#NU024), as well as a Key Migratory Bird Terrestrial Habitat site (NU Site 46). Notable bird species include common eider as well as colonial waterbirds/seabirds.[1] HistoryIn 1965, the previously unnamed island was named in honour of Robert James Fraser (1887–1965), first Dominion Hydrographer.[2] References1. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.bsc-eoc.org/iba/site.jsp?siteID=NU024 |title=Fraser Island |publisher=bsc-eoc.org |accessdate=2009-05-06 }} 2. ^{{cite book |last=Rayburn |first=Alan |title=Naming Canada: stories about Canadian place names |publisher=University of Toronto Press |year=2001 |pages=227 |isbn=0-8020-8293-9 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aiUZMOypNB4C&pg=PA277&lpg=PA277&dq=%22Fraser+Island%22+Hudson+Strait&source=bl&ots=bbRsjfrQ19&sig=LZb67LBe-6ntinej5hRR53_Wf70&hl=en&ei=OvEASryYE6XutQPZkL39BQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1 }} External links
3 : Uninhabited islands of Qikiqtaaluk Region|Islands of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago|Important Bird Areas of Qikiqtaaluk Region |
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