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 Labrad ...

: ''ᐊᕐᕕᖅᑐᔪᖅ ᑲᖏᖅᑐᐊ'') formerly Eglinton Fiord is a

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'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 ...

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, Canada. The

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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 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

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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 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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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

History

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