[스크랩] 세계의 주요 섬(33)/ 멜빌(캐나다, 42,149㎢)

세계의 주요 섬(33)/ 멜빌(캐나다, 42,149㎢)

 

 

 

 

 

멜빌 섬[Melville Island]은 캐나다 북부의 무인도이다. 면적은 42,149㎢로 세계에서 33번째로 큰 섬이며, 캐나다에서는 8번째 큰 섬이다. 서부는 노스웨스트 준주[Northwest Territories], 동부는 누나부트 준주[Nunavut Territory]에 속한다.

 

Melville Island is a vast, uninhabited island of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago with an area of 42,149 ㎢. It is the 33rd largest island in the world and Canada's eighth largest island. Melville Island is shared by the Northwest Territories, which is responsible for the western half of the island, and Nunavut, which is responsible for the eastern half. The border runs along the 110th meridian west. The mountains on Melville Island, some of the largest in the western Canadian Arctic, reach heights of one thousand metres.

The island has little or no vegetation. Where continuous vegetation occurs, it usually consists of hummocks of mosses, lichens, grasses, and sedges. The only woody species, the dwarf willow, grows as a dense twisted mat crawling along the ground. However, a diverse animal population exists: Polar bear, Peary Caribou, muskox, Northern Collared Lemming, Arctic Wolf, Arctic Fox, Arctic Hare, and Ermine (Stoat) are common. A 2003 sighting of a Grizzly bear and grizzly tracks by an expedition from the University of Alberta represent the most northerly reports of grizzly bears ever recorded.

Melville Island is one of two major breeding grounds for a small sea goose, the Brant Goose. DNA analysis and field observations suggest that these birds may be distinct from other brant stocks. Numbering 4,000~8,000 birds, this could be one of the rarest goose stocks in the world.

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