Английская Википедия:Cape Vera
Cape Vera is an uninhabited headland on Devon Island, in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. Protruding off the island's northwestern Colin Archer Peninsula, it faces Jones Sound. Often, a polynya forms in the Cardigan Strait, a waterway that separates the cape from North Kent Island.
Geography
Cape Vera, approximately Шаблон:Convert in size, with an elevation up to Шаблон:Convert above sea level, is characterized by open sea, coastal cliffs, grassy to bare-rock cliff ledges, scree, and boulders. The rocky, marine shore, of limestone formation, is approximately Шаблон:Convert in width.[1]
Fauna
The cape is notable as a Canadian Important Bird Area (#NU053), an International Biological Program site (Region 9, #2-11) and a Key Migratory Bird Terrestrial Habitat site. Notable bird species include the northern fulmar and common eider.[2] Colonial seabirds are also attracted to this remote, High Arctic site.[3]
History
Archeological sites have been found near the base of the cape.
References
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- Английская Википедия
- Peninsulas of Qikiqtaaluk Region
- Important Bird Areas of Qikiqtaaluk Region
- Important Bird Areas of Arctic islands
- Seabird colonies
- Devon Island
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