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The Southwest Bylot plain is an uninhabited plain in Qikiqtaaluk, Nunavut, Canada. It is located in southwestern Bylot Island directly north of Eclipse Sound. Pond Inlet is the closest community. Southwest Bylot is notable for housing the largest known breeding colony of the greater snow goose.[1]

  1. ^ "Southwest Bylot". birdscanada.org. Archived from the original on 2011-07-25. Retrieved 2009-09-08.

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