Sanikiluaq
Sanikiluaq is a municipality and Inuit community located on the north coast of Flaherty Island in Hudson Bay, on the Belcher Islands. Despite being geographically much closer to the shores of Ontario and Quebec, the community and the Belcher Islands lie within the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada.
- Town with about 800 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 30 metres (100 feet)
- …has the IATA airport code YSK
- …is also known as “ᓴᓂᑭᓗᐊᖅ Sanikiluaq”
- Description: hamlet in Nunavut, Canada
Places of Interest
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Paatsaali School
School building
Paatsaali School is a high school in Sanikiluaq, Nunavut, Canada.
Sanikiluaq Airport
Aerodrome
Sanikiluaq Airport is located at Sanikiluaq, Nunavut…
Sanikiluaq
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Latitude
56.54216° or 56° 32′ 32″ north
Longitude
-79.22592° or 79° 13′ 33″ west
UN/LOCODE
CA YSK
Open location code
9782GQRF+VJ
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = town
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Urdu—“Sanikiluaq” goes by many names.
SanikiluaqAlbanian
SanikiluaqCatalan
SanikiluaqCebuano
萨尼基卢阿克Chinese
SanikiluaqDutch
SanikiluaqFinnish
ΣανικιλουάκGreek
ᓴᓂᑭᓗᐊᖅInuktitut
SanikiluaqItalian
サニキルーアクJapanese
SanikiluaqNorwegian Nynorsk
SanikiluaqPolish
СаникилуакRussian
SanikiluaqSwedish
СанікілуакUkrainian
سانیکیلوآکUrdu
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