Nunavut

Nunavut is a territory in northern Canada which contains Canada's northernmost lands. With only 37,000 inhabitants, Nunavut covers a land area larger than Mexico, divided between mainland North America and an archipelago in the Arctic Ocean.

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Iqaluit

Iqaluit is the capital and largest settlement of the Canadian territory of Nunavut.

Ukkusiksalik National Park

Ukkusiksalik National Park is a national park in Nunavut, Canada.

Sirmilik National Park

Sirmilik National Park is a national park on Baffin Island in Nunavut, Canada.

Rankin Inlet

Rankin Inlet is in mainland Nunavut, Canada. The community of Rankin Inlet was formed next to a nickel mine in 1959, which employed most of the town's people.

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Baffin Island

Baffin Island is an island in Nunavut, Canada. It's the world's fifth largest island, located to the west of Greenland, across the Baffin Bay.

Iqaluit

Auyuittuq National Park

Pangnirtung

Quttinirpaaq National Park

Quttinirpaaq National Park is a national park on the northeastern corner of Ellesmere Island in Nunavut, Canada.

Ellesmere Island

Ellesmere Island in Nunavut is the northernmost populated place in Canada.

Qausuittuq National Park

Qausuittuq National Park is a national park on Bathurst Island in Nunavut, Canada.

Resolute

Resolute is a small town in Nunavut, Canada. At almost 75°N, it is well to the north of most inhabited parts of Canada and of any part of Alaska.

Nunavut

Location: Northern Canada, Canada, North America
Population: 38,200
Abbreviation: NU
Latitude of center: 66.0348° or 66° 2' 5.2" north
Longitude of center: -100.0781° or 100° 4' 41.3" west
Elevation: 153 meters (502 feet)
Neighbors: Greenland, Manitoba, Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Territories, Ontario and Quebec
GeoNames ID: 6091732