Kangirsuk

Kangirsuk is an Inuit village in northern , , Canada. It is 230 kilometres north of , between and . The community is only accessible by air and, in late summer, by boat.
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  • Type: Town with 549 residents
  • Description: northern village in Quebec, Canada
  • Also known as: “Bellin”, “Kangirsuq”, “Payne bay”, “Payne Bay”, and “ᑲᖏᕐᓱᖅ Kangirsuk”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Kangirsuk Airport.

Aerodrome
is located 0.5 nautical miles east of Kangirsuk, , .

Kangirsuk

Latitude
60.01782° or 60° 1′ 4″ north
Longitude
-70.01354° or 70° 0′ 49″ west
Population
549
Elevation
15 metres (49 feet)
IATA airport code
YKG
UN/LOCODE
CA YKG
Open location code
97GF2X9P+4H
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1916529681
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
5989218
Wiki­data ID
Q991147
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Kangirsuk” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كانجيرسوك”
  • Atikamekw: “Kangirsuk”
  • Basque: “Kangirsuk”
  • Breton: “Kangirsuk”
  • Bulgarian: “Кангирсук”
  • Cebuano: “Kangirsuk”
  • Corsican: “Kangirsuk”
  • Cree: “ᑲᓐᒋᕐᓱᒃ”
  • Danish: “Kangirsuk”
  • Dutch: “Kangirsuk”
  • French: “Kangirsuk”
  • German: “Kangirsuk”
  • Indonesian: “Kangirsuk”
  • Inuktitut: “ᑲᖏᕐᓱᖅ”
  • Irish: “Kangirsuk”
  • Italian: “Kangirsuk”
  • Japanese: “カンギルクス”
  • Japanese: “カンギルスク”
  • Low German: “Kangirsuk”
  • Luxembourgish: “Kangirsuk”
  • Polish: “Kangirsuk”
  • Portuguese: “Kangirsuk”
  • Romanian: “Kangirsuk”
  • Russian: “Кангирсук”
  • Spanish: “Kangirsuk”
  • Swedish: “Kangirsuk”
  • Tahitian: “Kangirsuk”
  • Turkish: “Kangirsuk”
  • Ukrainian: “Кангірсук”
  • Urdu: “کانگیرسک”

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