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North Kent Island
North
Kent Island
is one of the uninhabited
Canadian arctic islands
in the
Qikiqtaaluk Region
of
Nunavut, Canada
. It is located in the
Cardigan Strait
between
Devon
Island's
Colin Archer Peninsula
and
Ellesmere
Island's Simmons
Peninsula
.
Geography
The island's terrain is flat-topped and ice-capped, with
steep
cliffs.
Fauna
North Kent
Island is a Canadian
Important Bird Area
, and an
International Biological Program
site
.
Notable
bird
species include
black guillemot
,
common eider
,
glaucous gull
, and
Thayer's gull
.
Walrus
,
bearded seal
,
ringed seal
, and
narwhal
frequent the area.