Cruises from Coburg Island
Coburg Island (Nirjutiqavvik) is an uninhabited island lying in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago at the top end of Baffin Bay which separates Canada and Greenland. It is in the province of Nunavut, the largest and least populous of Canada’s territories. At 76 deg. latitude few visiting vessels approach closer to the North Pole (1590 km distant). The island is irregular in shape (37km long, 11km at narrowest) and characterised by cliffs to 450m, rocky shores, and tundra.
Read moreThe island is 65% covered with ice cap and glaciers, with highest point 800m, and half a dozen glaciers reach the open sea. Some low landings areas are on the N and NW shores.
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