Igloolik Island
Igloolik Island is a small island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. It is located in the Foxe Basin, very close to the Melville Peninsula, and it is often thought to be a part of the peninsula.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Igloolik.
Igloolik
Town
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. Igloolik is situated 5 km west of Igloolik Island.
Igloolik Island
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada
- Categories: archaeological site and landform
- Location: Nunavut, Northern Canada, Canada, North America
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Latitude
69.38438° or 69° 23′ 4″ north
Longitude
-81.66555° or 81° 39′ 56″ west
Elevation
17 metres (56 feet)
Open location code
96XW98MM+QQ
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In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Ukrainian—“Igloolik Island” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “İqlulik adası”
- Cebuano: “Igloolik Island”
- Croatian: “Igloolik”
- Finnish: “Igloolik Island”
- Finnish: “Igloolikinsaari”
- French: “île Igloolik”
- French: “Île Igloolik”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Igloolikøya”
- Portuguese: “Ilha Igloolik”
- Russian: “Иглулик”
- Swedish: “Igloolik Island”
- Turkish: “Igloolik Adası”
- Turkish: “Igloolik Island”
- Ukrainian: “Іглулік”
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