Plover Islands

{{Short description|Island group in Nunavut, Canada}} {{Use Canadian English|date=December 2025}} {{Infobox Islands | name = Plover Islands | image_name = | image_caption = | image_size = | pushpin_map = Canada Nunavut#Canada | native_name = | native_name_link = Inuktitut | nickname = | location = [[Northern Canada]] | coordinates = {{coord|60|17|N|69|34|W|region:CA-NU_type:isle_scale:1000000|display=inline,title|name=Plover Island}} | archipelago = [[Arctic Archipelago]]<br />Ungava Bay Archipelago | total_islands = 100 (Plover Islands and Payne Islands combined) | major_islands = | area_km2 = 1250 | area_footnotes=<br/>(Plover Islands and Payne Islands combined) | highest_mount = | elevation_m = | country = Canada | country_admin_divisions_title = [[Provinces and territories of Canada|Nunavut]] | country_admin_divisions = [[Nunavut]] | country_admin_divisions_title_1 = [[Regions of Nunavut|Region]] | country_admin_divisions_1 = [[Qikiqtaaluk Region|Qikiqtaaluk]] | country_admin_divisions_title_2 = | country_admin_divisions_2 = | country_capital_city = | country_largest_city = | country_largest_city_population = | country_leader_title = | country_leader_name = | population = Uninhabited | population_as_of = | density_km2 = | ethnic_groups = }} The uninhabited '''Plover Islands''' are an archipelago, members of the [[Arctic Archipelago]] and the Ungava Bay Archipelago, in the [[Qikiqtaaluk Region]] of [[Nunavut]], Canada. They are located in western [[Ungava Bay]], just northeast of the [[Arnaud River]] and the community of [[Kangirsuk, Quebec|Kangirsuk]] on [[Quebec]]'s [[Ungava Peninsula]].

==Geography== The islands have a hard granitic [[gneiss]] and a thin layer of soil. Their perimeter measures {{convert|3|km|abbr=on}}.

==Flora== Their [[habitat]] includes lichen, moss, sedges, and low woody shrubs.

==Fauna== Combined with the [[Payne Islands]] further to the south, the Plovers are a Canadian [[Important Bird Area]] (#NU027). Notable bird species include the [[common eider]] and [[bird colony|colonial]] [[waterbird]]s/[[seabird]]s.<ref name="iba">{{cite web|url=http://www.bsc-eoc.org/iba/site.jsp?siteID=NU027|title=Plover & Payne Islands|publisher=bsc-eoc.org|access-date=2009-05-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612103802/http://www.bsc-eoc.org/iba/site.jsp?siteID=NU027|archive-date=2011-06-12|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The Plover Islands are a part of the [[Ungava Bay Archipelagoes]], a [[Key Habitat Site|Key Migratory Terrestrial Bird Site]] (NU Site 51).<ref name="ngps">{{cite web|url=http://www.ngps.nt.ca/Upload/Interveners/Environment%20Canada/key_terrestrial_part7_mar06.pdf|title=NU Site 51 - Ungava Bay Archipelagoes|publisher=ngps.nt.ca|access-date=2009-05-09}}{{Dead link|date=May 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

== References == {{Reflist}}

== External links == * [http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/toporama?center=1328279.7066071,1506046.7114023&zoom=7 Plover Islands] in the [[Atlas of Canada]] - Toporama; Natural Resources Canada * [http://legacy.lib.utexas.edu/maps/onc/txu-pclmaps-oclc-8322829_d_15.jpg Map including the Plover Islands]

[[Category:Uninhabited islands of the Qikiqtaaluk Region]] [[Category:Archipelagoes of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago]] [[Category:Important Bird Areas of Qikiqtaaluk Region]] [[Category:Seabird colonies]]