Native Bay
Template:Short description Template:Use Canadian English Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Script error: No such module "Infobox".Script error: No such module "Infobox body of water tracking".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Native Bay is a waterway in the Kivalliq Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is located in Hudson Bay off western Southampton Island. The Bell Peninsula lies to the southeast. Native Point is located at the bay's southern tip. East Bay is Template:Cvt to the east and Coral Harbour is Template:Cvt to the north northwest.[1][2]
Geography
The habitat consists of three main types, water, unvegetated land, and moist or wet vegetated tundra.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". This can be further broken down as dry heath, gravel ridge, intertidal zone, moss carpet, scrub willow, and sedge meadow.[3] The elevation rises up to Template:Cvt above sea level.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Climate
Southampton Island has a severe subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc) which transitions into a tundra climate (ET). Like almost all of Nunavut, Southampton Island is entirely above the tree line. Coral Harbour has never gone above freezing in January, February and March (although the latter has recorded Script error: No such module "convert".. Due to the frozen nature of Hudson Bay, there is a severe seasonal lag until June, especially compared to more continental areas such as Fairbanks despite much sunshine and perpetual twilight at night. Due to the drop of solar strength and the absence of warm water even in summer, temperatures still drop off very fast as September approaches. Cold extremes are severe, but in line with many areas even farther south in Canada's interior.
Template:Coral Harbour weatherbox
Fauna
East Bay/Native Bay is a Canadian Important Bird Area (#NU023) and lies just outside of the East Bay Migratory Bird Sanctuary. Notable bird species include Atlantic brant, colonial water birds, seabirds, common eider, and lesser snow goose.[4]
Caribou frequent the area.
History
An archeological site exists on the west side of Native Point,[4] the largest Sallirmiut site on the island.[5]
Notes
<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
References
- Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".