Qikiqtaaluk
Qikiqtaaluk formerly Sillem Island is an uninhabited island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. It is the second largest of the several hundred islands and islets that are located in Baffin Bay, immediately off the northern coast of Baffin Island.
- Island
- …lies at an elevation of 1,062 metres (3,484 feet)
- …is also known as “Sillem Island”
- Description: island in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada, formerly Sillem Island
Qikiqtaaluk
- Category: landform
- Location
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Latitude
70.9344° or 70° 56′ 4″ north
Longitude
-71.71424° or 71° 42′ 51″ west
Open location code
C72CW7MP+Q8
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Turkish—“Qikiqtaaluk” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Islla Sillem”
- Asturian: “Qikiqtaaluk”
- Asturian: “Sillem”
- Azerbaijani: “Sillem adası”
- Bulgarian: “Силем”
- Catalan: “illa Sillem”
- Catalan: “Illa Sillem”
- Cebuano: “Qikiqtaaluk”
- Cebuano: “Sillem Island”
- Chinese: “斯勒姆島”
- Dutch: “Qikiqtaaluk”
- Dutch: “Sillem Island”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سيليم”
- French: “Qikiqtaaluk”
- French: “Sillem Island”
- German: “Qikiqtaaluk”
- German: “Sillem Island”
- Japanese: “シレム島”
- Latvian: “Sillema”
- Malayalam: “സില്ലെം ദ്വീപ്”
- Russian: “Силлем”
- Spanish: “Isla Sillem”
- Swedish: “Qikiqtaaluk”
- Swedish: “Sillem Island”
- Turkish: “Qikiqtaaluk”
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