Turnabout River
The Turnabout River is located on Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada. It drains both Turnabout Lake and Turnabout Glacier into Lake Hazen. The river, the lake and Turnabout Glacier were named in 1957-58 during the International Geophysical Year by the Hazen Camp party directed by Geoffrey Hattersley-Smith.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Turnabout River
- Type: River
- Description: watercourse in Nunavut, Canada
- Category: body of water
- Location: Nunavut, Northern Canada, Canada, North America
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Latitude
81.94577° or 81° 56′ 45″ northLongitude
-68.75873° or 68° 45′ 31″ westElevation
100 metres (328 feet)Open location code
C7HHW6WR+8GOpenStreetMap ID
way 1361826722OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=riverGeoNames ID
6170355Wikidata ID
Q7855803
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Turnabout River” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Turnabout River”
- Irish: “Abhainn Turnabout”
- Swedish: “Turnabout River”
- Welsh: “Afon Turnabout”
- “Turnabout”
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