Coburg Island, Canada

No cruise ships are scheduled in Coburg Island today, Thursday 12 November 2026. The next is MS Roald Amundsen on Friday 10 September 2027. Over the next 12 months, 1 call brings about 530 passengers.

Daylight view of seabird cliffs on Coburg Island in Jones Sound, Nunavut, with nesting black-legged kittiwakes on the rock face.
credit

Ship schedule

Next call · all times local (Eastern Time)

September 2027
MS Roald Amundsen
HX Expeditions530 passengers
Fri 10 Sep
ArrivalNot yet published
DepartureNot yet published

Showing 1 upcoming call

Cruise Ships in Coburg Island

Today and the next 7 days · all times local (Eastern Time)

Today · Thu 12 NovNo ships
0 people in port
No cruise ships today

Planning a day in Coburg Island?

The crowd calendar shows every ship and how busy the port is, hour by hour, plus the quietest and busiest days for the next 90 days.

See the Coburg Island cruise crowd calendar

Where is the Coburg Island cruise port?

There is no conventional cruise harbour, pier or passenger berth on Coburg Island. The map pin is the Google Maps place card for Coburg Island (75.9246479, −79.4077391), a representative island reference rather than a documented berth or fixed landing.

Nirjutiqarvik National Wildlife Area rules restrict access for non-Nunavut Inuit; any shore activity depends on permits and operator arrangements when ships call in the area.

Cruise port
Destination

About Coburg Island

Coburg Island sits in eastern Jones Sound in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada, about 20 km off the southern tip of Ellesmere Island. It forms the core of Nirjutiqarvik National Wildlife Area, designated for seabird and marine mammal conservation. Steep coastal cliffs support large breeding colonies of thick-billed murres and black-legged kittiwakes, with a recurrent polynya south of the island in Lady Ann Strait.

Roughly two-thirds of the island is covered by glaciers and ice fields; the rest is rugged highland. There is no settlement or passenger harbour. Access for anyone other than Inuit enrolled under the Nunavut Agreement is restricted and requires a permit.

Climate
Coburg Island lies in Nunavut's High Arctic. Across Nunavut, climate change is affecting land and ice through warming temperatures, melting ice, thawing permafrost and thinner or less predictable sea and lake ice.
Time zone
Eastern Time
Currency
Canadian Dollar (CAD)

Things to Do in Coburg Island

Cruise Ships Visiting Coburg Island

HX Expeditions