Baffin Island
Baffin Island.
Baffin Island.
Baffin Island.
Iqaluit, the capital of Nunavut, is located on Baffin Island. Baffin Island is the largest island in Canada and is known for its rugged terrain and Arctic climate. Iqaluit serves as a central hub for government and services in the region.
The name "Iqaluit" comes from the Inuktitut language and means "place of fish." It was officially named the capital of Nunavut, Canada in 1999.
Whitehorse is the current capital, having taken it from Dawson City in 1953. The settlement of Whitehorse has existed by that name since 1887, having taken its name from the nearby rapids, the water of which looked like the flowing manes of white horses.
The city of Iqaluit, capital of Nunavut Territory in Canada.
Helluland is the Viking name for Baffin island, Nunavut, Canada.
Frobisher Bay was the former name of Iqaluit, capital of Canada's Nunavut Territory. Iqaluit is located on Baffin Island, in Canada's Arctic. At at 63° 45' N., 68° 31' W., it sits at the head of a long indentation on the southeast coast of Baffin Island which has maintained the name, Frobisher Bay. Frobisher Bay was named after the British explorer Sir Martin Frobisher. The crew of his ship, Gabriel, were the first Europeans to visit Frobisher Bay in 1576, as they explored the Northwest Passage to Asia.
The Canadian island closest to the North Pole is Ellesmere Island. It is located in the northern territory of Nunavut and is known for its polar desert environment and ice caps.
Inuit are not Indians. Mittimatalik is the Inuktitut name for Pond Inlet. Pond Inlet is a community on Baffin Island, which is in Nunavut. Nunavut is the territory in Canada where Inuit live.
Nunavut is called Nunavut because in the langueges they speak Nunavut means our land.