Twin Islands (Nunavut)

Islands in Nunavut, Canada

Twin Islands

Twin Islands

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Geography
Location| Northern Canada
Coordinates| 53°10′N 79°55′W﻿ / ﻿53.167°N 79.917°W﻿ / 53.167; -79.917﻿ (Twin Islands)
Archipelago| Arctic Archipelago
Total islands| 2
Major islands| North Twin Island and South Twin Island
Area| 301 km2 (116 sq mi)
Highest elevation| 60 m (200 ft)
Administration

Canada

Nunavut| Nunavut
Region| Qikiqtaaluk
Demographics
Population| Uninhabited
Ethnic groups| Cree

The Twin Islands (Cree language: Mah-Nah-Woo-Na-N)[1] are similarly shaped Arctic islands in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. They are located in central James Bay, 56 km (35 mi) north east of Akimiski Island, and 58 km (36 mi) west of Quebec.[2] The group includes North Twin and South Twin islands.

## Geography

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Approximately 11 km (6.8 mi) separate the two islands. North Twin Island, 157 km2 (61 sq mi), 18.5 km (11.5 mi) by 11 km (6.8 mi), to the northwest, is the larger of the two. South Twin Island measures 12.8 km (8.0 mi) by 10.2 km (6.3 mi). Landscape characteristics include, unconsolidated sand, gravel, lakes, marshland, sand dunes, and wide tidal flats.[2]

Notable landmarks include Cotter Point on North Twin, and Lucy Point on South Twin.[3]

## Flora

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The habitat includes small stands of trees: dwarf birch, juniper, white spruce, and willows, along with heaths and shrubs.

## Conservation

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The Twin Islands are a Canadian Important Bird Area (#NU034), an International Biological Program site (Site 6–2), and a Key Terrestrial Migratory Bird Site (NU Site 56).[3] The Twin Islands Wildlife Sanctuary is part of the James Bay Preserve.[4][5]

## Avifauna

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Notable bird species include: American pipit, Arctic tern, Canada goose, dunlin, eastern white-crowned sparrow, horned lark, Lapland longspur, least sandpiper, purple sandpiper, red-necked phalarope, Savannah sparrow, semipalmated plover, semipalmated sandpiper, waterfowl, and willow ptarmigan.

Polar bears frequent the area.

## References

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1. ^ Kataquapit, Xavier (23 May 2008). "Waking up with the gulls". beesum-communications.com. Retrieved 2009-04-21.
2. ^ a b "Twin Islands". oceandots.com. Archived from the original on December 23, 2010. Retrieved 2009-05-11.
3. ^ a b "NU Site 56 - Twin Islands" (PDF). ngps.nt.ca. Retrieved 2009-05-11.[permanent dead link]
4. ^ "Twin Islands". bsc-eoc.org. Archived from the original on 2011-06-12. Retrieved 2009-05-11.
5. ^ "BirdLife IBA Factsheet". BirdLife International. 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-07.

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Islands of the Qikiqtaaluk Region

* Adams
* Akpatok
* Alfred
* Allen
* Arvalik
* Aulattivik
* Aulitivik
* Aulitiving
* Baffin
* Barth
* Beacon (Ungava Bay)
* Bergesen
* Bjarnason
* Bylot
* Davids
* Dexterity
* Diana
* Edgeworth
* Eider
* Elder
* Fraser
* Gyrfalcon
* Hamilton
* Imiliit
* Imiqqutailaqtuuq
* Kaigosuiyat
* Kilian
* Lady Franklin
* Landslip
* Lock
* Low
* Marvin
* Mumiksaa
* Nakoaiyet
* Nova Zembla
* Old Squaw
* Otrick
* Pandora
* Payne
* Peter Richards
* Pilattuaq
* Pisiktarfik
* Plover
* Prescott
* Prince Leopold
* Prince of Wales
* Qikiqta
* Qikiqtaaluk
* Qimivvik
* Round
* Russell
* Saglaarjuk
* Saglirjuaq
* Salikuit
* Saneruarsuk
* Simialuk
* Somerset
* Spicer
* Stephens
* Trinity
* Vesey Hamilton
* Vivian
* Wollaston
* Yeoman
* Young

Belcher Islands|

* Bradbury
* Broomfield
* Bun
* Cake
* Camsell
* Dove
* Fair
* Flaherty
* Innetalling
* Karlay
* La Duke
* Loaf
* Mata
* Mavor
* Moore
* Nero
* Ney
* O'Leary
* Range
* Renouf
* Snape
* Split
* Tukarak
* Twin Cairns
* Walton
* Wiegand

Islands of Cumberland Sound|

* Akulagok
* Anarnittuq
* Aupaluktok
* Aupaluktut
* Blacklead
* Clear Passage
* Drum
* Ekallulik
* Iglunga
* Imigen
* Ivisa
* Kaigosuit
* Kangigutsak
* Kekertelung
* Kekerten
* Kekertukdjuak
* Kudjak
* Maktaktujanak
* Miliakdjuin
* Moodie
* Nimigen
* Nunatak
* Nuvujen
* Opingivik
* Sanigut
* Saunik
* Shakshukowshee
* Shakshukuk
* Tesseralik
* Tuapait
* Upajjana
* Utaqqiurviarjuruluk
* Utsusivik
* Wareham

Islands of Davis Strait|

* Aggijjat
* Akuglek
* Alikdjuak
* Angijak
* Broughton
* Idjuniving
* Kekertaluk
* Kekertuk
* Kekerturnak
* Manitung
* Monumental
* Nedlukseak
* Nudlung
* Nunatsiaq
* Nuvuktik
* Paallavvik
* Pilektuak
* Qaqulluit
* Rock
* Satigsun

Islands of Foxe Basin|

* Air Force
* Bird
* Bray
* Foley
* Igloolik
* Kapuiviit
* Koch
* Nirlirnaqtuuq
* North Tweedsmuir
* Prince Charles
* Qikiqtaarjuk
* Rowley
* Siuraq
* South Tweedsmuir
* White
* Winter

Islands of Frobisher Bay|

* Algerine
* Alligator
* Anchorage
* Aubrey
* Augustus
* Bear
* Beveridge
* Bishop
* Brigus
* Brook
* Bruce
* Cairn
* Camp
* Carter
* Chase
* Coffin
* Crowell
* Culbertson
* Daniel
* Dog
* Eden
* Emerick
* Falk
* Faris
* Field
* Fletcher
* Frobisher's Farthest
* Gabriel
* Gardiner
* Gay
* Gross
* Halford
* Hantzsch
* Harper
* Hill
* Jenvey
* Kodlunarn
* Kudlago
* Kungo
* Lefferts
* Leopold
* Loks Land
* Long
* Low
* Luella
* Mair
* Mark
* Mary
* McAllister
* McBride
* McLaren
* McLean
* Metela
* Mitchell
* Monument
* Nest
* Nouyarn
* Ogden
* Pan
* Peak
* Pichit
* Pike
* Pink Lady
* Pope
* Potter
* Precipice
* Ptarmigan
* Pugh
* Qarsau
* Quadrifid
* Redan
* Resor
* Sale
* Scalene
* Sliver
* Smith
* Sybil
* Thompson
* Whiskukun

Islands of the Gulf of Boothia|

* Crown Prince Frederik
* Glen
* Honeyman
* Lavoie
* Sabine
* Wales

Islands of Hudson Bay|

* Awrey
* Big
* Booth
* Bronson
* Commodore
* Cox
* Digges
* Eddy
* Elsie
* Fraley
* Frazier
* Gilmour
* Harrison
* J. Gordon
* Johnnys
* Kugong
* Long
* Mansel
* Marcopeet
* McCormack
* Moore
* Nuvuk
* Ottawa
* Pattee
* Perley
* Smith

Islands of Hudson Strait|

* Anguttuaq
* Aulatsiviit
* Avingasittuit Siqinirsipangat
* Beacon (Hudson Strait)
* Black Bluff
* Bush
* Button
* Charles
* Clark
* Dolphin
* Dorset
* Edgell
* Erhardt
* Goodwin
* Gudmusson
* Hector
* Holdridge
* Ijjuriktuq
* Ivvitsa
* Kaavvijjuaq
* King
* Kinngarjuaq
* Lacy
* Lavoie
* Lawson
* Leading
* Lower Savage
* MacColl
* Mallik
* Middle Savage
* Mill
* Naniruaq
* Niels
* Nottingham
* Nunarijjait
* Nuvuktiqpaaraaluk
* Nuvursiit
* Observation
* Point
* Poodlatee
* Qaqqannalik
* Qaiqsuarjuk
* Qikiqtaalujjuaq
* Qikiqtarjuaq
* Qikiqtarjuarusiq
* Resolution
* Saarru
* Salisbury
* Saqajaa
* Sheer
* Strathcona
* Takijualuk
* Ukaliqtuuq
* Ungirlauttat
* Upirngiviaaluk

Islands of James Bay|

* Akimiski
* Bear
* Big
* Cape Hope
* Carey
* Charlton
* Grey Goose
* Gull
* Jacob
* Moore
* North Twin
* Paint Hills
* Solomons Temple
* South Twin
* Spencer
* Stag
* Strutton
* Sunday
* Trodely
* Twin
* Walter
* Weston

Islands of the Labrador Sea|

* Brevoort
* Cape Chidley
* Christopher Hall
* Hozier
* Hudson
* Ilikok
* Jackson
* Killiniq
* Knight
* Leybourne
* Little Hall
* Muingmak
* Rogers

Queen Elizabeth Islands|

| Ellesmere Island|

* Ellesmere
* Ward Hunt

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Parry Islands|

* Alexander
* Baillie-Hamilton
* Bathurst
* Beechey
* Berkeley
* Borden
* Brock
* Browne
* Buckingham
* Byam Martin
* Cameron
* Cheyne
* Coburg
* Cocked Hat
* Cornwall
* Cornwallis
* Crescent
* Des Voeux
* Devon
* Dundas
* Edmund Walker
* Eglinton
* Ekins
* Emerald
* Exmouth
* Fairholme
* Findlay Group
* Garrett
* Graham
* Griffith
* Grosvenor
* Hans (with Greenland)
* Helena
* Houston Stewart
* Hoved
* Hyde Parker
* John Barrow
* Little Cornwallis
* Lougheed
* Lowther
* Mackenzie King
* Moore
* Marc
* Margaret
* Massey
* Melville
* Nookap
* Norman Lockyer
* North Kent
* Patterson
* Philpots
* Pim
* Pioneer
* Prince Patrick
* Princess Royal
* Seymour
* Skraeling
* Spit
* Stupart
* Table
* Thor
* Truro
* Vanier

Sverdrup Islands|

* Amund Ringnes
* Axel Heiberg
* Ellef Ringnes
* Fay
* Gretha
* Haig-Thomas
* Hat
* King Christian
* Meighen
* Stor
* Ulvingen

Islands in italics are inhabited. See also Islands of the Kitikmeot Region, Islands of the Kivalliq Region

See also Islands of the Kitikmeot Region, Islands of the Kivalliq Region.
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