Iglunga

Iglunga (previously: Iglungayut) was an Inuit settlement, now uninhabited, in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada.

Information

It is located on a Baffin Island offshore island at the southern entrance into Bon Accord Harbour,[1] southwest of Auyuittuq National Park Reserve. The nearest community is Pangnirtung. The elevation is 3 ft (0.91 m). The name change from Iglungayut to Iglunga occurred 4 July 1957.[2]

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References

  1. Dodd, G. J.; G. P. Benson; D. T. Watts (1976). Arctic pilot. 3. Great Britain. Hydrographic Dept (Digitized Apr 3, 2009 ed.). Hydrographer of the Navy. p. 289.
  2. Arctic. 11 (Digitized Dec 20, 2006 ed.). Arctic Institute of North America. 1958. p. 129.


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