CanadaCanadian Arctic ArchipelagoIsland
Bathurst Island
16,042 km² of land in the Northwest Passage.
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2017 by EOX (CC BY 4.0). Outline and points © OpenStreetMap contributors / Natural Earth. North up.
In numbers
16,042km²
Area
1,707km
Coastline
measured on a simplified outline
389m
Highest point
0
People
0°C
Warmest sea
August
338km
To the mainland
When to go to Bathurst Island
Best to visit from December to April.
The sea is warmest in August (0 °C) and coolest in January (-2 °C). The water never reaches 21 °C: bring a wetsuit.
Averages 1991–2020. Sea: NOAA OISST, the water within 35 km of the coast. Air, rain and sun: NASA POWER. Best months weigh warm afternoons (23–30 °C), sea of 24 °C or more and few wet days.
Island in Nunavut, Canada
Bathurst Island is an island in Canada. It belongs to Canadian Arctic Archipelago. It covers 16,042 km², with 1,707 km of coastline. Its highest point rises to 389 m. Nobody lives on it. The nearest mainland is 338 km away.
Getting there
- 338 km from the mainlanddistance to the nearest continental coast
- From December to Aprilbest months to go (from 30 years of averages)
Plan the trip
Ferries, stays and things to do
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On the island
What you find on Bathurst Island.
- 295beaches
- 18named peaksMount Bullock, Round Hill, Peaked Hill and 15 more
- 1waterfalls
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, inside the island's outline. A low number may only mean nobody has mapped it yet.
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Bathurst Island in our other atlases
Everything Coastya, Peakyas, Lakeyas and Cascadyas know about what lies inside Bathurst Island, each with its own numbers.
1beachCoastya
1lakeLakeyas
Largest lake
2.4km²
Heart Lake
according to Lakeyas
Beach with the warmest sea
0.4°C
Freemans Cove
sea in the warmest month · according to Coastya
1 lakes
on Lakeyas, the lake atlas
- Heart Lake2.4km²
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The shape of the land.
On average the island stands 122 m above the sea. 86 % of it is below 200 m.
- 20 %0–50 m
- 66 %50–200 m
- 14 %200–500 m
Share of the island's area in each altitude band, from the Copernicus DEM (30 m, read at 30–240 m on large islands).
Size, for real
Next to islands you may know.
100 km
All outlines drawn to the same scale (Natural Earth and OpenStreetMap).
Month by month
The weather on the island.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afternoon high (°C) | -27 | -28 | -24 | -15 | -5 | 3 | 7 | 4 | -3 | -12 | -20 | -24 |
| Night low (°C) | -31 | -33 | -30 | -21 | -10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -7 | -16 | -24 | -29 |
| Sea (°C) | -2 | -2 | -2 | -2 | -2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | -2 | -2 |
| Rain (mm) | 13 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 22 | 33 | 49 | 46 | 31 | 27 | 18 | 15 |
| Wet days | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 4 |
| Sun h/day | — | 0.8 | 5.5 | 13.1 | 13.6 | 10.9 | 6.8 | 4.2 | 2.0 | 0.9 | — | — |
| Wind (km/h) | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 |
Averages 1991–2020 for the ~55 km NASA POWER cell over the island; the sea from NOAA OISST.
Recent years
Warmer and cooler years at sea.
Each month's sea temperature compared with its 1991–2020 average, in degrees.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +0.1 | +0.1 | ±0.0 | ±0.0 | −0.1 | −0.5 | −1.1 | −1.2 | −0.7 | −0.4 | −0.1 | +0.1 |
| 2021 | +0.1 | +0.1 | ±0.0 | ±0.0 | −0.1 | −0.5 | −1.1 | −1.3 | −0.9 | −0.4 | −0.1 | +0.1 |
| 2022 | +0.1 | +0.1 | ±0.0 | ±0.0 | −0.1 | −0.5 | −1.1 | −1.0 | −0.4 | −0.4 | −0.1 | +0.1 |
| 2023 | +0.1 | +0.1 | ±0.0 | ±0.0 | −0.1 | −0.5 | −1.1 | −0.9 | ±0.0 | −0.2 | ±0.0 | +0.1 |
| 2024 | +0.1 | +0.1 | ±0.0 | ±0.0 | −0.1 | −0.5 | −1.1 | −1.0 | −0.6 | +0.1 | ±0.0 | +0.1 |
| 2025 | +0.1 | +0.1 | ±0.0 | +0.1 | +0.1 | −0.3 | −0.9 | −0.5 | −0.4 | −0.3 | +0.1 | +0.2 |
+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual
Nearby
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| Names, area, population | Wikidata (Q217369) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Outline | Natural Earth · public domain |
| Sea temperature | NOAA OISST v2.1 · 1991–2020 |
| Climate | NASA POWER · 1991–2020 |
| Relief, 3D model | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Beaches, ports, lighthouses, trails | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Towns | GeoNames · CC BY 4.0 |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Beaches, mountains, lakes and waterfalls | Coastya, Lakeyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST; HydroLAKES (Messager et al. 2016) · CC BY 4.0, LakeTEMP (Korver et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0 |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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