Area 65 km² | Population Uninhabited | |
Archipelago Canadian Arctic Archipelago | ||
The Salikuit Islands are an uninhabited island group in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. The 103 island archipelago is located in eastern Hudson Bay between the Belcher Islands and the western coast of Quebec. The closest community is the Inuit hamlet of Sanikiluaq, 800 km (500 mi) to the west on Flaherty Island.
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Map of Salikuit Islands, Baffin, Unorganized, NU, Canada
Geography
The islands' habitat is characterized by coastal cliffs and rocky marine shores. While twelve of the islands are between 50-500 ha in size, the rest are smaller than 50 ha.
Fauna
The Salikuit Islands are a Canadian Important Bird Area (#NU032) and a Key Migratory Terrestrial Bird Site (NU Site 55). Notable bird species include Arctic tern, common eider, glaucous gull, and herring gull.
References
Salikuit Islands Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA