Akpatok Island
- Terra MODIS
- 04 June 2001
- 16:22 UTC
Akpatok Island (still covered by and surrounded by early summer
snow and ice in the above image) is located at the northwestern entrance into Quebec's Ungava Bay — although the
island forms part of the Nunavut territory. The island is located 65 km eastwards from the western shore of Ungava Bay
and 180 km south, across the Hudson Strait, from the southeastern tip of Baffin Island.
Akpatok Island (903 km²) measures 45 km in length (from north to south) with widths varying from 25 km (along the north shore) to 6 km (in the south). Steep sea cliffs surround much of the island, ranging in height from 40 to 250 m. The sheer barrier presented by the islands coastline is broken by a number of deep ravine-like valleys that emerge from the island's interior; these include Unimak Cove and Harp Cove on the east coast, and Gregson Creek on the west coast. The interior is generally flat — the island is essentially a flat-topped limestone plateau — with the main landmarks of the terrain being karst-type erosional features.
image: MODIS rapid response project at nasa/goddard space flight center.
