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Features and history. Closeup of Meighen Island. Located at 79°59′N 099°30′W [1], it measures 955 km 2 (369 sq mi) in size and is topped with an ice cap. The island is permanently icebound, and its northwestern coast faces onto the open Arctic Ocean . Unlike many Canadian Arctic islands, no traces of Inuit or Thule camps have been found ...
Nunavut is a Territory diverse in both geography and culture. In a land as great as Nunavut, this diversity will give you a wide range of unforgettable experiences. The Qikiqtaaluk region, towering mountains and fjords rise from the sea. Glaciers mark their slow advance across the tundra and icebergs flow across the crystal waters of Baffin Bay.
Qikiqtarjuaq Airport ( IATA: YVM, ICAO: CYVM) is located at Qikiqtarjuaq, Nunavut, Canada, and is operated by the government of Nunavut. This airport is a popular stop for pilots ferrying turboprop aircraft between Canada and Europe. It is considerably closer to Greenland ( Kangerlussuaq Airport, 767 km [477 mi]) than is Iqaluit Airport (2,912 ...
Devon Island ( Inuktitut: ᑕᓪᓗᕈᑎᑦ, Tallurutit) [2] is an island in Canada and the largest uninhabited island (no permanent residents) in the world. It is located in Baffin Bay, Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is one of the largest members of the Arctic Archipelago, the second-largest of the Queen Elizabeth Islands, Canada's ...
Resolute Bay is an Arctic waterway in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is located in Parry Channel map on the southern side of Cornwallis Island. map The hamlet of Resolute map is located on the northern shore of the bay with Resolute Bay Airport map to the northwest. The Inuit associated with Resolute Bay are called Qausuittuq [1 ...
The Fosheim Peninsula is located in western Ellesmere Island, a part of the Qikiqtaaluk Region of the Canadian territory of Nunavut. Eureka, a permanent research community, is located on the north side of Slidre Fiord, a few kilometers east of Eureka Sound. While the peninsula was first sighted by the Arctic explorer Adolphus Greely in 1881, it ...
