Area 1,250 km² | Population Uninhabited | |
Archipelago Canadian Arctic ArchipelagoUngava Bay Archipelago Total islands 100 (Plover Islands and Payne Islands combined) | ||
The uninhabited Plover Islands are an archipelago, members of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago and the Ungava Bay Archipelago, in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. They are located in western Ungava Bay, just northeast of the Arnaud River and the community of Kangirsuk on Quebec's Ungava Peninsula.
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Map of Plover Islands, Baffin, Unorganized, NU, Canada
Geography
The islands have a hard granitic gneiss and a thin layer of soil. Their perimeter measures 3 km (1.9 mi).
Flora
Their habitat includes lichen, moss, sedges, and low woody shrubs.
Fauna
Combined with the Payne Islands further to the south, the Plovers are a Canadian Important Bird Area (#NU027). Notable bird species include the common eider and colonial waterbirds/seabirds.
The Plover Islands are a part of the Ungava Bay Archipelagoes, a Key Migratory Terrestrial Bird Site (NU Site 51).