East Pen Island

"Pen Island" redirects here and is not to be confused with Penn Island.

East Pen Island

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Geography
Location	Hudson Bay
Coordinates	56°45′N088°40′W / 56.750°N 88.667°W / 56.750; -88.667 (East Pen Island)
Archipelago	Arctic Archipelago
Highest elevation	10 m (30 ft)
Administration
Canada
Nunavut	Nunavut
Region	Kivalliq
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited

East Pen Island, sometimes referred to shortly as Pen Island, is one of several uninhabited Canadian arctic islands in Nunavut, Canada located within southwestern Hudson Bay. It is part of the Pen Islands, though West Pen Island is more properly termed a spit, rather than an island. East Pen Island is situated off the shore of Ontario, a few kilometers southeast of Manitoba. ^[1] The closest community is Fort Severn, Ontario.

Fauna

East Pen is classified as an IBA site, protecting Hudsonian godwits, red knots, black scoters, snow geese, and common eiders. ^[2]

References

1. Sutherland, Donald A. (Winter 2005). "NHIC staff coordinate atlassing trip to the Pen Islands" (PDF). Science and Information Newsletter. 10 (1). Ontario Natural Heritage Information Centre: 4–5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-01-05. Retrieved 2009-04-20.
2. "Pen Islands Hudson Bay, Ontario". bsc-eoc.org. Archived from the original on 2012-04-02. Retrieved 2009-04-20.