Qarsau Island
Qarsau Island is one of the many uninhabited Canadian arctic islands in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut. It is a Baffin Island offshore island located in Frobisher Bay, approximately 4.7 km south of the capital city of Iqaluit.Places of Interest
Highlights include Iqaluit Airport and Nunatta Sunakkutaangit Museum.
Iqaluit Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: US Mission Canada, CC BY 2.0.
Iqaluit Airport is an airport in Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada. It hosts scheduled passenger service from Ottawa, Rankin Inlet, and Kuujjuaq on carriers such as Canadian North, and from smaller communities throughout eastern Nunavut.
Nunatta Sunakkutaangit Museum
Museum
Photo: David Stanley, CC BY 2.0.
The Nunatta Sunakkutaangit Museum is a museum of Nunavut history and Inuit culture, located in Iqaluit, Nunavut. The museum was founded in 1969 by two employees of Canada's Department of Indian Affairs.
Aaqqigiarvik Correctional Healing Facility
Prison
Photo: OhanaUnited, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Aaqqigiarvik Correctional Healing Facility is a minimum to maximum security correctional facility in Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada. It is the largest correctional facility in the territory.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Iqaluit and Apex.
Iqaluit
Photo: Saffron Blaze, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Iqaluit is the capital and largest settlement of the Canadian territory of Nunavut. It is on a southeastern inlet of Baffin Island. As of 2016, the population stood at just over 7,700 people.
Apex
Hamlet
Photo: Torbenbrinker, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Apex is a small community outside Iqaluit located on Baffin Island in Nunavut, Canada. It is about 5 km southeast of Iqaluit on a small peninsula separating Koojesse Inlet from Tarr Inlet.
Qarsau Island
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Nunavut, Canada
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Nunavut, Northern Canada, Canada, North America
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Latitude
63.73122° or 63° 43′ 52″ northLongitude
-68.58904° or 68° 35′ 21″ westOpen location code
97MHPCJ6+F9OpenStreetMap ID
way 365208209OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=island
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Qarsau Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Qarsau Island”
- Dutch: “Qarsau Island”
- French: “Qarsau Island”
- Polish: “Qarsau Island”
- Swedish: “Qarsau Island”
- Turkish: “Qarsau Adası”
- Turkish: “Qarsau Island”
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Highlights include Sylvia Grinnell Territorial Park and Iqaluit.
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