Sanikiluaq

Sanikiluaq is a municipality and Inuit community located on the north coast of in , on the . Despite being geographically much closer to the shores of and , the community and the Belcher Islands lie within the Qikiqtaaluk Region of , Canada.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Paatsaali School and Sanikiluaq Airport.

School building
is a high school in Sanikiluaq, , Canada. opened in 2011 and has 177 students. Next door to the school is Nuiyak School, an elementary school with 126 students from kindergarten to grade six.

Aerodrome
is located at Sanikiluaq, , , and is operated by the Government of Nunavut. It is one of the few airports in Nunavut that uses magnetic headings for the runway rather than true headings.

Sanikiluaq

Latitude
56.54216° or 56° 32′ 32″ north
Longitude
-79.22592° or 79° 13′ 33″ west
Population
800
Elevation
13 metres (43 feet)
IATA airport code
YSK
United Nations Location Code
CA YSK
Open location code
9782GQRF+VJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 107363077
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
6140995
Wiki­data ID
Q939231
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Ukrainian—“Sanikiluaq” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: Sanikiluaq
  • Catalan: Sanikiluaq
  • Cebuano: Sanikiluaq
  • Chinese: 萨尼基卢阿克
  • Dutch: Sanikiluaq
  • Finnish: Sanikiluaq
  • French: Sanikiluaq
  • German: Sanikiluaq
  • Greek: Σανικιλουάκ
  • Inuktitut: ᓴᓂᑭᓗᐊᖅ
  • Italian: Sanikiluaq
  • Japanese: サニキルーアク
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Sanikiluaq
  • Polish: Sanikiluaq
  • Portuguese: Sanikiluaq
  • Russian: Саникилуак
  • Spanish: Sanikiluaq
  • Swedish: Sanikiluaq
  • Ukrainian: Санікілуак
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