Akpaqarvik Migratory Bird Sanctuary

Qikiqtaaluk Region, Canada · built 1992

The Akpaqarvik Migratory Bird Sanctuary, formerly Prince Leopold Island Migratory Bird Sanctuary, is a migratory bird sanctuary in the Qikiqtaaluk, Nunavut, Canada. It is located on Prince Leopold Island within Lancaster Sound at the junction of Prince Regent Inlet and Barrow Strait. It was established in 1992 and is classified Category IV by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. It is 30,600 ha (76, 000 acres), with 24,000 ha (59, 000 acres) marine habitat, in size, and has a flat, rocky surface with vertical exposed sedimentary rock cliffs nearly all the way around the island.

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