Arviqtujuq Kangiqtua (
Inuktitut syllabics
Inuktitut syllabics ( iu, ᖃᓂᐅᔮᖅᐸᐃᑦ, qaniujaaqpait, or , ) is an abugida-type writing system used in Canada by the Inuktitut-speaking Inuit of the territory of Nunavut and the Nunavik and Nunatsiavut regions of Quebec and Labra ...
: ''ᐊᕐᕕᖅᑐᔪᖅ ᑲᖏᖅᑐᐊ'') formerly Eglinton Fiord is a
fjord
In physical geography, a fjord or fiord () is a long, narrow inlet with steep sides or cliffs, created by a glacier. Fjords exist on the coasts of Alaska, Antarctica, British Columbia, Chile, Denmark, Germany, Greenland, the Faroe Islands, Ice ...
on
Baffin Island
Baffin Island (formerly Baffin Land), in the Canadian territory of Nunavut, is the largest island in Canada and the fifth-largest island in the world. Its area is , slightly larger than Spain; its population was 13,039 as of the 2021 Canadia ...
's northeastern coast in the
Qikiqtaaluk Region
The Qikiqtaaluk Region, Qikiqtani Region (Inuktitut syllabics: ᕿᑭᖅᑖᓗᒃ ) or Baffin Region is the easternmost, northernmost, and southernmost administrative region of Nunavut, Canada. Qikiqtaaluk is the traditional Inuktitut name f ...
of
Nunavut
Nunavut ( , ; iu, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ , ; ) is the largest and northernmost Provinces and territories of Canada#Territories, territory of Canada. It was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999, via the ''Nunavut Act'' ...
, Canada.
The
Inuit
Inuit (; iu, ᐃᓄᐃᑦ 'the people', singular: Inuk, , dual: Inuuk, ) are a group of culturally similar indigenous peoples inhabiting the Arctic and subarctic regions of Greenland, Labrador, Quebec, Nunavut, the Northwest Territories ...
settlement of
Pond Inlet
Pond Inlet ( iu, Mittimatalik, lit=the place where Mittima is buried) is a small, predominantly Inuit community in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada, located on northern Baffin Island. To the Inuit the name of the place "is and always ...
is to the northwest and
Clyde River is to the east.
History
Arviqtujuq Kangiqtua was one of the traditional hunting areas of the Inuit. This fjord was visited by the
Wordie Arctic Expedition in 1934.
Geography
Arviqtujuq Kangiqtua is located between
Kangiqtualuk Uqquqti
Kangiqtualuk Uqquqti (Inuktitut syllabics: ''ᑲᖏᖅᑐᐊᓗᒃ ᐅᖅᑯᖅᑎ'') formerly Sam Ford Fiord is an isolated, elongated Arctic fjord on Baffin Island's northeastern coast in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. The Inuit settl ...
and
Tasialuk fjords. It stretches roughly from northeast to southwest for about . The
Esquimaux River flows into the eastern side of the fjord at Ravenscraig Harbour, to the northeast of the Cormack Arm, and the
Cockscomb River discharges its waters into the southern end of the fjord.
The mouth of Arviqtujuq Kangiqtua mouth opens to
Baffin Bay
Baffin Bay ( Inuktitut: ''Saknirutiak Imanga''; kl, Avannaata Imaa; french: Baie de Baffin), located between Baffin Island and the west coast of Greenland, is defined by the International Hydrographic Organization as a marginal sea of the Arct ...
where the southern headland at the entrance is
Eglinton Point. It is wide at its mouth and narrows to a width of about within the fjord.
Much in the same manner as its neighbouring fjords, there are spectacular landscapes in the Eglinton Fiord, especially at the second bend in the inner fjord where massive summits loom above it, such as the
Eglinton Tower on the eastern side and the high
Cockscomb Mountain on the western side. In this area
Atagulisaktalik
Atagulisaktalik (Inuktitut syllabics: ''ᐊᑕᒍᓕᓴᒃᑕᓕᒃ'') formerly Revoir Pass is a mountain pass in the central Baffin Mountains, Nunavut, Canada. It is named after the Revoir River.
Atagulisaktalik connects the inner reaches of A ...
to the west connects the inner reaches of the fjord through Ottawa Creek with Swiss Bay in Kangiqtualuk Uqquqti and the
Ayr Pass connects with the Tasialuk fjord to the east.
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See also
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List of fjords in Canada
Fjords in Canada are long, narrow inlets characterized by steep sides, created in a valley carved by glacial activity. A fjord can have two or more basins separated by sills. The bowls can have a depth of and the dividing sills can raise up to ...
References
External links
Clyde River Proposed Territorial ParkSRN - Traversée Clyde - Pond en Terre de Baffin
(in French)
{{Fjords of Nunavut
Bodies of water of Baffin Island
Fjords of Qikiqtaaluk Region