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Ayr Pass
Ayr Pass is a mountain pass in the central Baffin Mountains, Nunavut, Canada. It is located between the central part of the Ayr Lake and the Eglinton Fiord, east of the Sam Ford Fiord. See also *Revoir Pass Atagulisaktalik (Inuktitut syllabics: ''ᐊᑕᒍᓕᓴᒃᑕᓕᒃ'') formerly Revoir Pass is a mountain pass in the central Baffin Mountains, Nunavut, Canada. It is named after the Revoir River. Atagulisaktalik connects the inner reaches of A ... References Arctic Cordillera Mountain passes of Baffin Island {{QikiqtaalukNU-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baffin Island
Baffin Island (formerly Baffin Land), in the Canadian territory of Nunavut, is the largest island in Canada and the fifth-largest island in the world. Its area is , slightly larger than Spain; its population was 13,039 as of the 2021 Canadian census; and it is located at . It also contains the city of Iqaluit, the capital of Nunavut. Name The Inuktitut name for the island is , which means "very big island" ( "island" + "very big") and in Inuktitut syllabics is written as . This name is used for the administrative region the island is part of ( Qikiqtaaluk Region), as well as in multiple places in Nunavut and the Northwest Territories, such as some smaller islands: Qikiqtaaluk in Baffin Bay and Qikiqtaaluk in Foxe Basin. Norse explorers referred to it as ("stone land"). In 1576, English seaman Martin Frobisher made landfall on the island, naming it "Queen Elizabeth's Foreland" and Frobisher Bay is named after him. The island is named after English explorer William B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baffin Mountains
The Baffin Mountains are a mountain range running along the northeastern coast of Baffin Island and Bylot Island, Nunavut, Canada. The ice-capped mountains are part of the Arctic Cordillera and have some of the highest peaks of eastern North America, reaching a height of above sea level. While they are separated by bodies of water to make Baffin Island, they are closely related to the other mountain ranges that make the much larger Arctic Cordillera mountain range. Terrain The highest point is Mount Odin at while Mount Asgard (''Sivanitirutinguak'') at is perhaps the best known. The highest point in the northern Baffin Mountains is Qiajivik Mountain at . There are no trees in the Baffin Mountains because they are north of the Arctic tree line. Rocks that compose the Baffin Mountains are primarily deeply dissected granitic rocks. They were covered with ice until about 1500 years ago, and vast parts of them are still ice-covered. Geologically, the Baffin Mountains form the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mountain Pass
A mountain pass is a navigable route through a mountain range or over a ridge. Since many of the world's mountain ranges have presented formidable barriers to travel, passes have played a key role in trade, war, and both Human migration, human and animal migration throughout history. At lower elevations it may be called a hill pass. A mountain pass is typically formed between two volcanic peaks or created by erosion from water or wind. Overview Mountain passes make use of a gap (landform), gap, saddle (landform), saddle, col or notch (landform), notch. A topographic saddle is analogous to the mathematical concept of a saddle surface, with a saddle point marking the highest point between two valleys and the lowest point along a ridge. On a topographic map, passes are characterized by contour lines with an hourglass shape, which indicates a low spot between two higher points. In the high mountains, a difference of between the summit and the mountain is defined as a mountain pas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nunavut
Nunavut ( , ; iu, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ , ; ) is the largest and northernmost territory of Canada. It was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999, via the '' Nunavut Act'' and the '' Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act'', which provided this territory to the Inuit for independent government. The boundaries had been drawn in 1993. The creation of Nunavut resulted in the first major change to Canada's political map in half a century since the province of Newfoundland was admitted in 1949. Nunavut comprises a major portion of Northern Canada and most of the Arctic Archipelago. Its vast territory makes it the fifth-largest country subdivision in the world, as well as North America's second-largest (after Greenland). The capital Iqaluit (formerly Frobisher Bay), on Baffin Island in the east, was chosen by a capital plebiscite in 1995. Other major communities include the regional centres of Rankin Inlet and Cambridge Bay. Nunavut also includes Elle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ayr Lake
Tasialuk (Inuktitut syllabics: ''ᑕᓯᐊᓗᒃ'') formerly Ayr Lake is a land-locked freshwater lake, structurally a fjord, on Baffin Island's northeastern coast in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. The Inuit settlement of Pond Inlet is to the northwest and Clyde River is to the east. Geography Tasialuk is located east of the Kangiqtualuk Uqquqti and Arviqtujuq Kangiqtua fjords. It stretches roughly from the northeast to the southwest for about . The Kuugaaluk flows out of the northern end of the lake and discharges its waters in the Baffin Bay a further to the northeast. There are spectacular landscapes in Tasialuk, with massive nearly high summits rising their ramparts close to the shore, especially in its central part.GoogleEarth In the inner area the Ayr Pass connects with the Arviqtujuq Kangiqtua to the west. See also *List of lakes of Nunavut This is an incomplete list of lakes of Nunavut, a territory of Canada. Larger lake statistics "The total area ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eglinton Fiord
Arviqtujuq Kangiqtua (Inuktitut syllabics: ''ᐊᕐᕕᖅᑐᔪᖅ ᑲᖏᖅᑐᐊ'') formerly Eglinton Fiord is a fjord on Baffin Island's northeastern coast in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. The Inuit settlement of Pond Inlet is to the northwest and Clyde River is to the east. History Arviqtujuq Kangiqtua was one of the traditional hunting areas of the Inuit. This fjord was visited by the Wordie Arctic Expedition in 1934. Geography Arviqtujuq Kangiqtua is located between Kangiqtualuk Uqquqti and Tasialuk fjords. It stretches roughly from northeast to southwest for about . The Esquimaux River flows into the eastern side of the fjord at Ravenscraig Harbour, to the northeast of the Cormack Arm, and the Cockscomb River discharges its waters into the southern end of the fjord. The mouth of Arviqtujuq Kangiqtua mouth opens to Baffin Bay where the southern headland at the entrance is Eglinton Point. It is wide at its mouth and narrows to a width of about within ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Ford Fiord
Kangiqtualuk Uqquqti (Inuktitut syllabics: ''ᑲᖏᖅᑐᐊᓗᒃ ᐅᖅᑯᖅᑎ'') formerly Sam Ford Fiord is an isolated, elongated Arctic fjord on Baffin Island's northeastern coast in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. The Inuit settlement of Pond Inlet is to the northwest and Clyde River is to the east. This fjord is reputed for the harsh beauty of its landscapes with rocky cliffs rising steeply from the shore. It is also a popular place with climbers. History Kangiqtualuk Uqquqti had been one of the traditional hunting areas of the Inuit. It was renamed in memory of Inuk linguist Sam Ford, who died in a helicopter crash but it has since reverted to its original name. Geography Kangiqtualuk Uqquqti stretches roughly from north northeast to south southwest for about . Its mouth, located between the Remote Peninsula and Erik Point, is over wide, the width of the fjord narrowing gradually to an average of about inland. Kangiqtualuk Agguqti is a tributary fjord ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Revoir Pass
Atagulisaktalik (Inuktitut syllabics: ''ᐊᑕᒍᓕᓴᒃᑕᓕᒃ'') formerly Revoir Pass is a mountain pass in the central Baffin Mountains, Nunavut, Canada. It is named after the Revoir River. Atagulisaktalik connects the inner reaches of Arviqtujuq Kangiqtua westwards through Ottawa Creek with Swiss Bay in Sam Ford Fiord. See also *Ayr Pass Ayr Pass is a mountain pass in the central Baffin Mountains, Nunavut, Canada. It is located between the central part of the Ayr Lake and the Eglinton Fiord, east of the Sam Ford Fiord Kangiqtualuk Uqquqti (Inuktitut syllabics: ''ᑲᖏᖅᑐᐊ� ... References Arctic Cordillera Mountain passes of Baffin Island {{QikiqtaalukNU-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arctic Cordillera
The Arctic Cordillera is a terrestrial ecozone in northern Canada characterized by a vast, deeply dissected chain of mountain ranges extending along the northeastern flank of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago from Ellesmere Island to the northeasternmost part of the Labrador Peninsula in northern Labrador and northern Quebec, Canada. It spans most of the eastern coast of Nunavut with high glaciated peaks rising through ice fields and some of Canada's largest ice caps, including the Penny Ice Cap on Baffin Island. It is bounded to the east by Baffin Bay, Davis Strait and the Labrador Sea while its northern portion is bounded by the Arctic Ocean. Overview The range is mostly located in Nunavut but extends southeast into the northernmost tip of Labrador and northeastern Quebec. The system is divided into a series of ranges, with mountains reaching heights of more than . The highest is Barbeau Peak on Ellesmere Island at , which is the highest point in eastern North America. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
