Kinngarjuaq (
Inuktitut syllabics: ''ᑭᙵᕐᔪᐊᖅ'') formerly Juet Island is an uninhabited island located in the
Qikiqtaaluk Region,
Nunavut, Canada. It is a
Baffin Island offshore island in
Hudson Strait
Hudson Strait (french: Détroit d'Hudson) links the Atlantic Ocean and Labrador Sea to Hudson Bay in Canada. This strait lies between Baffin Island and Nunavik, with its eastern entrance marked by Cape Chidley in Newfoundland and Labrador ...
. The closest community is
Kimmirut
Kimmirut ( Syllabics: ᑭᒻᒥᕈᑦ ; known as Lake Harbour until 1 January 1996) is a community in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is located on the shore of Hudson Strait on Baffin Island's Meta Incognita Peninsula. Kimmirut means ...
, away.
Other islands in the immediate vicinity include:
Lavoie Island,
Wishart Island,
Nuvursirpaaraaluk Island,
Lee Island,
Qaqqannalik,
Poodlatee Island,
Anguttuaq
Anguttuaq (''ᐊᖑᑦᑐᐊᖅ'') formerly Beacon Island is an uninhabited island located in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. The closest community is Kimmirut, away.
Other islands in the immediate vicinity include: Lavoie Island, ...
,
Black Bluff Island,
Aulatsiviit,
Ijjuriktuq,
Ivvitsa,
Takijualuk, and
Uugalautiit Island
Ungirlauttat ( iu, ᐅᖏᕐᓚᐅᑦᑕᑦ) formerly Uugalautiit Island is an uninhabited island located in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is a Baffin Island offshore island in Hudson Strait. The closest community is Kimmirut, away ...
. Eight
pre-Dorset
The Pre-Dorset is a loosely defined term for a Paleo-Eskimo culture or group of cultures that existed in the Eastern Canadian Arctic from c. 3200 to 850 cal BC, and preceded the Dorset culture.
Due to its vast geographical expanse and to history ...
or early
Dorset culture
The Dorset was a Paleo-Eskimo culture, lasting from to between and , that followed the Pre-Dorset and preceded the Thule people (proto-Inuit) in the North American Arctic. The culture and people are named after Cape Dorset (now Kinngait) in ...
sites were excavated on the island and a nearby area on Baffin Island.
References
Islands of Baffin Island
Islands of Hudson Strait
Uninhabited islands of Qikiqtaaluk Region
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