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Nassau Fjord [10] Alaska. 60°15′46″N 148°21′25″W / 60.2628°N 148.3569°W / 60.2628; -148.3569 (Nassau Fiord) Puget Sound [11] Washington. 47°36′N 122°27′W / 47.6°N 122.45°W / 47.6; -122.45 (Puget Sound) Puget Sound is a fjord system of many flooded glacial valleys and is the southernmost ...
Grise Fiord. This community (and that of Resolute) was created by the Canadian government in 1953, partly to assert sovereignty in the High Arctic during the Cold War.Eight Inuit families from Inukjuak, Quebec (on the Ungava Peninsula), were relocated after being promised homes and game to hunt, but the relocated people discovered no buildings and very little familiar wildlife. [7]
719. FIPS code. 08-65190. GNIS feature [6] 0195481. Website. cityofrockyfordco.gov. Rocky Ford is a statutory city located in Otero County, Colorado, United States. The population was 3,876 at the 2020 census.
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Relocation from Inukjuak to Resolute (left arrow) and Grise Fiord (right arrow). The High Arctic relocation (French: délocalisation du Haut-Arctique, Inuktitut: ᖁᑦᑎᒃᑐᒥᐅᑦᑕ ᓅᑕᐅᓂᖏᑦ, romanized: Quttiktumut nuutauningit [1]) took place during the Cold War in the 1950s, when 92 Inuit were moved by the Government of Canada under Liberal Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent ...
Fjord. In physical geography, a fjord or fiord (/ ˈfjɔːrd, fiːˈɔːrd / ⓘ [1]) is a long, narrow sea inlet with steep sides or cliffs, created by a glacier. [2] Fjords exist on the coasts of Antarctica, the Arctic, and surrounding landmasses of the northern and southern hemispheres. [3]
Mountainous glaciated areas in Canada are along the British Columbia Coast: from the Alaskan border along the Portland Canal [ 1 ] to Indian Arm. [ 2 ] Kingcome Inlet is a typical west coast fjord. [ 3 ] In Newfoundland and Labrador, Saglek Fiord, [ 4 ] Nachvak Fiord, [ 5 ] and Hebron Fiord, [ 6 ] are in Labrador.