Brevoort Island

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Geography
Location	Northern Canada
Coordinates	63°30′N 64°20′W / 63.500°N 64.333°W / 63.500; -64.333 (Brevoort Island)Coordinates: 63°30′N 64°20′W / 63.500°N 64.333°W / 63.500; -64.333 (Brevoort Island)
Archipelago	Arctic Archipelago
Area	271 km2 (105 sq mi)
Administration
Canada
Territory	Nunavut
Region	Qikiqtaaluk
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited

Brevoort Island is a small, uninhabited island located in the Labrador Sea off the eastern coast of Baffin Island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of northern Canada's territory of Nunavut. The island is a member of the Arctic Archipelago and lies north of Cape Murchison, opposite the Cumberland Peninsula.

Geography

Brevoort Island, with an area of 271 km² (105 sq mi), is 46 km (29 mi) in length, and 5–7 km (3.1–4.3 mi) in width. It has a hilly interior, mostly composed of granite.^[1]

Military use

The island is the home of BAF-3, a Distant Early Warning Line and now a North Warning System site. It has a non-radar, rearward communications (relay) station.^[2]