Upajjana (''ᐅᐸᔾᔭᓇ'') formerly Beacon Island
Upajjana (Formerly Beacon Island)
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Cumberland Sound (french: Baie Cumberland; 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 Cumberland Peninsula ...
, 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 P ...
off Baffin Island's 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, 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, Aupalukto ...
, 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.
See also
* 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, ...
, formerly Beacon Island
* Beacon Island (Hudson Strait)
Beacon Island is a small uninhabited island in Hudson Strait, Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. It lies just east of Dorset Island and the community of Cape Dorset
Kinngait (Inuktitut meaning "high mountain" or "where the hills are"; S ...
* Beacon Island (Ungava Bay)
References
Islands of Baffin Island
Islands of Cumberland Sound
Uninhabited islands of Qikiqtaaluk Region
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