Qikiqtarjuaq
Qikiqtarjuaq formerly Big Island is an uninhabited island located in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. It lies in Hudson Strait and is separated from Baffin Island by White Strait.- Type: Island
- Description: island in Nunavut, Canada
- Also known as: “Big Island”, “île Big”, “Биг (остров)”, “Острво Биг (Кимирут)”, “ビッグアイランド (ハドソン海峡)”, and “ビッグ島 (ハドソン海峡)”
Qikiqtarjuaq
- Category: landform
- Location: Nunavut, Northern Canada, Canada, North America
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Latitude
62.70838° or 62° 42′ 30″ north
Longitude
-70.59088° or 70° 35′ 27″ west
Elevation
152 metres (499 feet)
Open location code
97JFPC55+9J
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Qikiqtarjuaq” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الجزيرة الكبرى”
- Azerbaijani: “Biq-Aylend adası”
- Bulgarian: “Биг (остров, Канада)”
- Bulgarian: “Биг”
- Catalan: “illa Big”
- Catalan: “Illa Big”
- Cebuano: “Big Island (pulo sa Canada, Nunavut, lat 62,72, long -70,71)”
- Cebuano: “Big Island”
- Chinese: “比格島 (哈得遜海峽)”
- Chinese: “比格島”
- Esperanto: “Granda Insulo”
- French: “Qikiqtarjuaq”
- Galician: “Illa Big, Baía Hudson Nunavut”
- German: “Big Island”
- German: “Qikiqtarjuaq”
- Inuktitut: “Qikiqtarjuaq”
- Japanese: “ビッグ島”
- Macedonian: “Биг”
- Portuguese: “Ilha Big”
- Russian: “Биг-Айленд”
- Serbian: “Биг (острво, Кимирут)”
- Serbian: “Биг”
- Spanish: “Isla Big (Kimmirut)”
- Spanish: “Isla Big”
- Swedish: “Big Island”
- Swedish: “Qikiqtarjuaq”
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Highlights: Bosanquet Harbour and White Strait.
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