Cape Pembroke (Nunavut)

Cape Pembroke is an uninhabited headland at the northeastern tip of Coats Island in northern Hudson Bay within the Kivalliq Region of Nunavut, Canada.

Cape Pembroke
Cape
Cape Pembroke
Coordinates: 62°56′N 81°55′W[1]
Location	Coats Island, Nunavut, Canada
Offshore water bodies	Hudson Bay
Topo map	NTS 45I13 Cairn Cove

Geography

The habitat is characterized by a small, elevated outcrop of Precambrian gneiss and rocky uplands rising to an elevation of 215 m (705 ft) above sea level.^[3] It is 3 km² (1.2 sq mi) in size.

Conservation

The cape is a Canadian Important Bird Area (#NU005) and a Key Migratory Bird Habitat Site.

Fauna

Notable bird species include thick-billed murre, black guillemots, peregrine falcon, glaucous gull,^[4] and common eider.^[5]

Walrus frequent the area.^[5]

History

Welsh Royal Navy officer, Sir Thomas Button, in 1612 was the first European to visit the cape.^[6]

References

1. "Cape Pembroke". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved May 21, 2024.
2. "Cape Pembroke". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved May 21, 2024.
3. "Coats Island/Cape Pembroke (NU005)". Retrieved May 21, 2024.
4. "Coats Island/Cape Pembroke". bsc-eoc.org. Archived from the original on June 12, 2011. Retrieved May 5, 2009.
5. Gaston, Anthony J.; Henri Ouellet (June 1997). "Birds and mammals of Coats Island". Arctic. 50 (2): 3. doi:10.14430/arctic1094.
6. Barrow, John (1818). A chronological history of voyages into the Arctic regions: undertaken chiefly for the purpose of discovering a north-east, north-west, or polar passage between the Atlantic and Pacific ... (Digitized June 25, 2007 ed.). London: J. Murray. p. 200. ISBN 978-0-7153-4951-9.