Bylot Island
The open waters of Baffin Bay—which leads to the northern Atlantic Ocean—can only be reached from Baffinland's Milne Inlet mining port through a -long channel between Bylot Island and Baffin Island. All the waters surrounding Bylot Island and the island itself, are part of the Tallurutiup Imanga National Marine Conservation Area and the area is considered to be "exceptionally rich in high concentrations of terrestrial and marine wildlife." It is a region of "ice caps, glaciers, icebergs, mountains, sand and sandstone hoodoos, pingos, and the "most diverse and largest avian communities in the Arctic." Its marine mammal population includes narwhal and beluga whales, as well as seal, walrus and polar bear.