Perley Island

Perley Island
	Satellite image of Meighen Island with Perley Island
Waters	Arctic Ocean
Archipelago	Queen Elizabeth Islands
Geographical location	80 ° 11 ′ N , 99 ° 15 ′ W Coordinates: 80 ° 11 ′ N , 99 ° 15 ′ W
Highest elevation	14 m
Residents	uninhabited

Perley Island is a crescent-shaped island in the Canadian territory of Nunavut and is part of the Queen Elizabeth Islands .

It is located in the Arctic Ocean about 4 km north of Meighen Island , from which it is separated by Hose Strait. The maximum height of the flat island is 14 m. It was discovered by the Canadian Arctic Expedition from 1913 to 1918, led by Vilhjálmur Stefánsson .

On Perley Island there is a breeding colony of the rare ivory gull (Pagophila eburnea) .

Individual evidence

^ Perley Island , The Atlas of Canada - Toporama
^ Richard Finnie: Canada moves north . The Macmillan company, New York 1942, p. 23
^ VG Thomas, SD MacDonald: The Breeding Distribution and Current Population Status of the Ivory Gull in Canada (PDF; 3.25 MB). In: Arctic . Volume 40, No. 3, 1987, pp. 211-218 (English).

[1] Perley Island , The Atlas of Canada - Toporama

[2] Richard Finnie: Canada moves north . The Macmillan company, New York 1942, p. 23

[3] VG Thomas, SD MacDonald: The Breeding Distribution and Current Population Status of the Ivory Gull in Canada (PDF; 3.25 MB). In: Arctic . Volume 40, No. 3, 1987, pp. 211-218 (English).