Bylot Island Migratory Bird Sanctuary

Qikiqtaaluk Region, Canada · built 1965

The Bylot Island Migratory Bird Sanctuary is a migratory bird sanctuary in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. Located on Bylot Island, it was federally designated in 1965, and is classified as Category IV by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. It was created to protect the nesting grounds of thick-billed murre, black-legged kittiwake and greater snow goose. At 1,282,731 ha (3, 169, 700 acres), it is Nunavut's second largest MBS after the Ahiak Migratory Bird Sanctuary (formerly the Queen Maud Gulf Migratory Bird Sanctuary). Of its overall size, 176,515 ha (436, 180 acres) is a marine area, with marine, intertidal, and subtidal components.

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