Qikiqtaaluk

Qikiqtaaluk formerly Sillem Island is an uninhabited island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of , 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 .
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada, formerly Sillem Island
  • Also known as: Sillem Island

Qikiqtaaluk

Latitude
70.9344° or 70° 56′ 4″ north
Longitude
-71.71424° or 71° 42′ 51″ west
Elevation
1,062 metres (3,484 feet)
Open location code
C72CW7MP+Q8
Geo­Names ID
6147623
Wiki­data ID
Q2481201
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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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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Qikiqtaaluk”. Photo: David Stanley, CC BY 2.0.