Igloolik
Igloolik is an Inuit hamlet in Foxe Basin, Qikiqtaaluk Region in Nunavut, northern Canada. Because its location on Igloolik Island is close to Melville Peninsula, it is often mistakenly thought to be on the peninsula.
- Type: Town with 2,000 residents
- Description: hamlet in Nunavut, Canada
- Also known as: “Igloolik (Nunavut)”, “Igloolik, NU”, “Igloolik, Nunavut”, “Iglulik, NU”, “Iglulik, Nunavut”, and “ᐃᒡᓗᓕᒃ Igloolik”
- Postal code: X0A 0L0
Places of Interest
Highlights: Igloolik Airport.
Igloolik
- Categories: territorial hamlet of Canada and locality
- Location: Nunavut, Northern Canada, Canada, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
69.37888° or 69° 22′ 44″ north
Longitude
-81.7948° or 81° 47′ 41″ west
Population
2,000
Elevation
1 metre (3 feet)
IATA airport code
YGT
UN/LOCODE
CA IGL
Open location code
96XW96H4+H3
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Vietnamese—“Igloolik” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Iglulik”
- Arabic: “إغلوليك”
- Arabic: “إيجلوليك”
- Asturian: “Igloolik”
- Bengali: “ইগ্লোলিক”
- Bulgarian: “Иглулик”
- Catalan: “Igloolik”
- Cebuano: “Igloolik”
- Chinese: “伊格卢利克”
- Chinese: “伊格盧利克”
- Chinese: “格盧利克”
- Croatian: “Igloolik”
- Danish: “Igloolik”
- Dutch: “Igloolik”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ايجلوليك”
- Finnish: “Igloolik”
- French: “Igloolik”
- French: “Igloulik”
- Galician: “Igloolik”
- German: “Iglulik”
- Greek: “Ιγκλούλικ”
- Gujarati: “ઇગ્લૂલિક”
- Hindi: “इग्लूलिक”
- Indonesian: “Igloolik”
- Inuktitut: “ᐃᒡᓗᓕᒃ”
- Italian: “Iglulik”
- Japanese: “イグルーリク”
- Kalaallisut: “Igloolik”
- Kannada: “ಇಗ್ಲೂಲಿಕ್”
- Korean: “이글루릭”
- Latvian: “Iglulika”
- Lithuanian: “Iglulikas”
- Malay: “Igloolik”
- Marathi: “इग्लूलिक”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Igloolik”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Igloolik”
- Persian: “ایگلولیک”
- Polish: “Igloolik”
- Portuguese: “Igloolik”
- Romanian: “Igloolik”
- Russian: “Иглулик”
- Silesian: “Igloolik”
- Sinhala: “ඉග්ලුලික්”
- Spanish: “Igloolik”
- Swedish: “Igloolik”
- Tamil: “இக்ளூலிக்”
- Telugu: “ఇగ్లూలిక్”
- Thai: “อิกรูริค”
- Turkish: “İglulik”
- Ukrainian: “Іглулік”
- Urdu: “اگلولک”
- Vietnamese: “Igloolik”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Igloolik and Pranger Point.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: St. Stephen and Igloolik Oral History Centre.
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