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The Qikiqtaaluk Region, Qikiqtani Region (Inuktitut syllabics: ᕿᑭᖅᑖᓗᒃ pronounced [qikiqtaːˈluk]) or the Baffin Region is the easternmost, [1] northernmost, and southernmost administrative region of Nunavut, Canada. Qikiqtaaluk is the traditional Inuktitut name for Baffin Island. [2]
Alert, in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada, is the northernmost continuously inhabited place in the world. [5] [6] The location is on Ellesmere Island (in the Queen Elizabeth Islands) at latitude 82°30'05" north, 817 km (508 mi) from the North Pole. [7]
Qikiqtaaluk (ᕿᑭᖅᑖᓗᒃ [1]), formerly White Island, [2] is one of the uninhabited Canadian arctic islands in the Kivalliq Region, Nunavut, Canada.Located in Foxe Basin off the northern tip of Southampton Island, it measures 789 km 2 (305 sq mi) in area.
Qikiqtaaluk (ᕿᑭᖅᑖᓗᒃ [1]) formerly Sillem Island [2] is an uninhabited island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada.It is the second largest (after Bylot Island) of the several hundred islands and islets that are located in Baffin Bay, immediately off the northern coast of Baffin Island.
Qikiqtaaluk, Unorganized [1] in Nunavut, Canada, is part of a larger census division known as the Qikiqtaaluk Region. This area covers the whole Qikiqtaaluk Region outside the 13 communities such as Iqaluit, Resolute or Grise Fiord. Baffin has a rocky mountainous landscape. Prior to the 2021 Canadian census it was known as Baffin. [2]
It is at the northern end of Resolute Bay and the Northwest Passage and is part of the Qikiqtaaluk Region. Resolute is one of Canada's northernmost communities and is second only to Grise Fiord on Ellesmere Island ( Alert and Eureka are more northerly but are not considered towns; rather, military outposts and weather stations).
Prior to the 2021 Canadian census the Qikiqtaaluk Region and the Kivalliq Region were known as the "Baffin Region" and the "Keewatin Region" to the agency). [1] [2] It is a misconception that Nunavut's regions constitute the former regions of the Northwest Territories (NWT), separated in their entirety. This is not the case, rather, the ...
Akpatok Island is one of the uninhabited Canadian Arctic islands in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. [1] It is the largest island in Ungava Bay on the northern coast of Quebec. The island is named for the akpat (Inuktitut for 'thick-billed murre'), which live on ledges along the limestone cliffs surrounding the island.