Qikiqtaryuaq

Qikiqtaryuaq, formerly Jenny Lind Island, for the Swedish born opera singer, Jenny Lind, is a small island in the Kitikmeot Region of Nunavut, Canada. The island is located in the Queen Maud Gulf, about southeast of Cambridge Bay.
The island is the site of CAM-1A, a former Distant Early Warning Line site and home to the unmanned North Warning System site.

Geography

Characteristics of the terrain include rocky ridges, low-lying wetlands, sedge meadows, and a sandy shoreline.

Fauna

Qikiqtaryuaq is a Canadian Important Bird Area, and a Key Migratory Terrestrial Bird Site. Notable bird species include Canada goose, lesser snow goose, and Ross's goose.
Muskoxen are found in the south east section of the island.

History

The island is uninhabited but still has an active North Warning System. Originally part of the Distant Early Warning Line, the site is known as CAM-1.