Upajjana (''ᐅᐸᔾᔭᓇ'') formerly Beacon IslandUpajjana (Formerly Beacon Island)
/ref> is an uninhabited island 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 ...

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. It lies in the

Cumberland Sound Cumberland Sound (french: Baie Cumberland; Inuit languages, Inuit: ''Kangiqtualuk'') is an Arctic waterway in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is a western arm of the Labrador Sea located between Baffin Island's Hall Peninsula and the Cumbe ...

, at the mouth of the Pangnirtung Fiord, near

Pangnirtung Pangnirtung (or Pang, also Pangniqtuuq, in syllabics: ᐸᖕᓂᖅᑑᖅ ) is an Inuit hamlet, in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of the Canadian territory of Nunavut, located on Baffin Island. Pangnirtung is situated on a coastal plain at the coast of ...

off

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 ...

Cumberland Peninsula Cumberland Peninsula is a peninsula in the southeastern part of Baffin Island in Nunavut, Canada. It is located between 64°56' and 67°57' north latitude, and 61°56' to 68° west longitude. The Arctic Circle crosses the peninsula, with the Labr ...

Akulagok Island Akulagok Island is an uninhabited island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. It belongs to the Kikastan Islands, located in the Cumberland Sound, off Baffin Island's Cumberland Peninsula. On its south side, Kekerten Harbour lies between ...

Aupaluktok Island Aupaluktok Island is an uninhabited island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. It is one of the two main Sanigut Islands, stretching between Avataktoo Bay to the north and the Cumberland Sound to the south, off Baffin Island's Cumberland ...

Imigen Island Imigen Island is an uninhabited island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. It is located in Baffin Island's Cumberland Sound. Ivisa Island lies to its west, Saunik Island to its northwest. Aupaluktok Island, Beacon Island, the Drum Isl ...

Kekerten Island Kekerten Island is an uninhabited island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. Southernmost of the Kikastan Islands, it is located in the Cumberland Sound, off Baffin Island's Cumberland Peninsula. Akulagok Island forms Kekerten Harb ...

Kekertukdjuak Island Kekertukdjuak Island formerly Kekertuk Island is an uninhabited island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. It is located where Kingnait Fiord joins the Cumberland Sound, off Baffin Island Baffin Island (formerly Baffin Land), in t ...

Tesseralik Island Tesseralik Island is an uninhabited island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. It is located in the Cumberland Sound, off Baffin Island's Cumberland Peninsula, and is one of the islands forming Brown Harbour. Akulagok Island, Aupaluktok ...

Tuapait Island Tuapait Island is an uninhabited island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. It is one of the Kikastan Islands, located in the Cumberland Sound, off Baffin Island's Cumberland Peninsula. To its south lie Akulagok Island and Kekerten Isl ...

, and

Ugpitimik Island Utaqqiurviarjuruluk (Inuktitut syllabics: ''ᐅᑕᖅᑭᐅᕐᕕᐊᕐᔪᕈᓗᒃ'') formerly Ugpitimik Island is an uninhabited island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. It is located at the mouth of Pangnirtung Fiord, in the Cumbe ...

are in the vicinity.

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Islands of Baffin Island Islands of Cumberland Sound Uninhabited islands of Qikiqtaaluk Region {{QikiqtaalukNU-geo-stub

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