Kugaaruk
Kugaaruk, formerly known as Pelly Bay until 3 December 1999, is located on the shore of Pelly Bay, just off the Gulf of Boothia, Simpson Peninsula, Kitikmeot, in Canada's Nunavut territory.
- Type: Town with 500 residents
- Description: hamlet in Nunavut, Canada
- Also known as: “Akviligjuaq”, “Arviligjuaq”, “Kugaardjuq”, “Kugaarruk”, “Pelly Bay”, “ᑰᒑᕐᔪᒃ Kugaaruk”, “ᑰᒑᕐᕈᒃ”, and “クガールク”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Kugaaruk Airport.
Kugaaruk
- Categories: territorial hamlet of Canada and locality
- Location: Nunavut, Northern Canada, Canada, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
68.53474° or 68° 32′ 5″ north
Longitude
-89.81227° or 89° 48′ 44″ west
Population
500
Elevation
1 metre (3 feet)
IATA airport code
YBB
Open location code
96WGG5MQ+V3
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Vietnamese—“Kugaaruk” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Kugaaruk”
- Arabic: “كوجاروك”
- Bengali: “কুগারুক”
- Bulgarian: “Кугарук”
- Cebuano: “Kugaaruk”
- Chinese: “库加鲁克”
- Danish: “Kugaaruk”
- Dutch: “Kugaaruk”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كوجاروك”
- Finnish: “Kugaaruk”
- French: “Kugaaruk”
- German: “Kugaaruk”
- Greek: “Κουγκαάρουκ”
- Gujarati: “કુગારુક”
- Hindi: “कुगारुक”
- Indonesian: “Kugaaruk”
- Inuktitut: “ᑰᒑᕐᔪᒃ”
- Italian: “Kugaaruk”
- Japanese: “クガアルク”
- Kannada: “ಕುಗಾರುಕ್”
- Korean: “쿠가룩”
- Latvian: “Kugāruka”
- Lithuanian: “Kugarukas”
- Malay: “Kugaaruk”
- Marathi: “कुगारुक”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kugaaruk”
- Polish: “Kugaaruk”
- Portuguese: “Kugaaruk”
- Russian: “Кугаарук”
- Sinhala: “කුගාරුක්”
- Spanish: “Kugaaruk”
- Swedish: “Kugaaruk”
- Tamil: “குகாங்ரூக்”
- Telugu: “కుగారుక్”
- Thai: “คูการัก”
- Turkish: “Kugaaruk”
- Ukrainian: “Кугаарук”
- Urdu: “کوجاروک”
- Vietnamese: “Kugaaruk”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Kugaaruk.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Old Stone Church and Scheduled Outreach.
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