Payne Islands

Payne Islands
	Payne Islands Payne Islands
Geography
Location	Northern Canada
Coordinates	59°58′N 69°41′W / 59.96°N 69.69°W
Archipelago	Arctic Archipelago; Ungava Bay Archipelago
Total islands	100 (Plover Islands and Payne Islands combined)
Area	1,250 km2 (480 sq mi); (Plover Islands and Payne Islands combined)
Administration
	Canada
Nunavut	Nunavut
Region	Qikiqtaaluk
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited

The uninhabited Payne Islands are an archipelago, members of the Arctic Archipelago and the Ungava Bay Archipelago, in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. They are located in Payne Bay, a waterway in western Ungava Bay, just east of the Arnaud River (formerly the Payne River) and the community of Kangirsuk on Quebec's Ungava Peninsula.

Note: The Atlas of Canada does not recognise this appellation; presumably the Payne Islands are the islets of Nanuk, Agvik, and Akunok.

Geography

The islands have a hard granitic gneiss and a thin layer of soil. Their perimeter measures approximately 3 km (1.9 mi).

Their habitat includes lichen, moss, sedges, and low woody shrubs.

Combined with the Plover Islands, the Payne Islands are a Canadian Important Bird Area (#NU027). Notable bird species include the common eider and colonial waterbirds/seabirds.^[1]

^ "Plover & Payne Islands". bsc-eoc.org. Archived from the original on 2011-06-12. Retrieved 2009-05-09.
^ "NU Site 51 - Ungava Bay Archipelagoes" (PDF). ngps.nt.ca. Retrieved 2009-05-09.^{[permanent dead link]}

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