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词条 Fraser Island (Nunavut)
释义

  1. Geography

  2. Fauna

  3. History

  4. References

  5. External links

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| location = Hudson Bay
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| archipelago = Canadian Arctic Archipelago
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| country = Canada
| country_admin_divisions_title = Nunavut
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| country_admin_divisions_1 = Qikiqtaaluk
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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.

Geography

The island's habitat is characterized by tundra, inlets, coastal marine features, coastal cliffs, and rocky marine shores.

Fauna

Fraser 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]

History

In 1965, the previously unnamed island was named in honour of Robert James Fraser (1887–1965), first Dominion Hydrographer.[2]

References

1. ^{{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

  • Fraser Island (Nunavut) in the Atlas of Canada - Toporama; Natural Resources Canada
{{Islands of the Qikiqtaaluk Region}}{{Bird-stub}}{{QikiqtaalukNU-geo-stub}}

3 : Uninhabited islands of Qikiqtaaluk Region|Islands of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago|Important Bird Areas of Qikiqtaaluk Region

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