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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Nunavut, Canada
- Also known as: “Amherst Island”
Saglaarjuk
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Nunavut, Northern Canada, Canada, North America
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Latitude
69.77093° or 69° 46′ 15″ northLongitude
-83.71195° or 83° 42′ 43″ westElevation
67 metres (220 feet)Open location code
96XRQ7CQ+96OpenStreetMap ID
way 1419545665OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islandGeoNames ID
5884482Wikidata ID
Q4746030
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Satellite Map
Discover Saglaarjuk from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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”
- Inuktitut: “Saglarjuk”
- Swedish: “Amherst Island”
- Swedish: “Saglaarjuk”
- Turkish: “Saglaarjuk”
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