Bray Island

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Bray Island
Location of Bray Island
Location of Bray Island
Waters Foxe Basin
Archipelago Canadian Arctic Archipelago
Geographical location 69 ° 16 ′  N , 77 ° 0 ′  W Coordinates: 69 ° 16 ′  N , 77 ° 0 ′  W
Bray Island (Nunavut)
Bray Island
length 37 km
width 25 km
surface 689 km²
Residents uninhabited

Bray Island is an island in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago in the Qikiqtaaluk region of the Nunavut Territory of Canada .

It is located in the Foxe Basin off the south coast of Baffin Island . The island has an area of ​​689 km².

Bray Island was the location of FOX-A, a station on the Distant Early Warning Line . Today there is a North Warning System facility on the island .

Individual evidence

  1. Natural Resources Canada - The Atlas of Canada - Sea Islands ( Memento October 6, 2012 in the Internet Archive )