Saglaarjuk
Saglaarjuk formerly Amherst Island is one of several uninhabited, irregularly shaped islands located on the south side of the Fury and Hecla Strait of Nunavut's Qikiqtaaluk Region within the northern Canadian Arctic.- Island
- …lies at an elevation of around 90 metres (300 feet)
- …is also known as “Amherst Island”
- Description: island in Nunavut, Canada
- Category: landform
- Location
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Latitude
69.78626° or 69° 47′ 11″ north
Longitude
-83.7645° or 83° 45′ 52″ west
Open location code
96XRQ6PP+G6
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Saglaarjuk” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Amherst Island”
- Cebuano: “Saglaarjuk”
- Dutch: “Amherst Island”
- Dutch: “Saglaarjuk”
- French: “Amherst Island”
- French: “Saglaarjuk”
- German: “Amherst Island”
- German: “Saglaarjuk”
- Inuktitut: “Saglarjuk”
- Swedish: “Amherst Island”
- Swedish: “Saglaarjuk”
- Turkish: “Saglaarjuk”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Fury and Hecla Channel and Purfur Cove.
Nunavut: Highlights
Learn more about Iqaluit and Cambridge Bay.
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