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Polar Bear Pass National Wildlife Area

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Area
  
2,675 km²

Established
  
1985

Phone
  
+1 800-668-6767

Location
  
Bathurst Island, Qikiqtaaluk, Nunavut, Canada

Address
  
Baffin, Unorganized, NU, Canada

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Polar Bear Pass National Wildlife Area is a National Wildlife Area on Bathurst Island within Qikiqtaaluk, Nunavut, Canada. It is on federal Crown land, and is administered by the Canadian Wildlife Service, a division of Environment Canada, with respect to the Canada Wildlife Act's National Wildlife Area Regulations. Land use is also subject to the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement. To the north is an area under consideration as a future national park.

The NWA received the federally designated conservation status on 1 January 1985. Of its 2,675 km2 (1,033 sq mi) in overall size, 214 km2 (83 sq mi) is a marine area with marine, intertidal, and subtidal components.

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Polar Bear Pass National Wildlife Area Wikipedia