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Arctic Bay Place Name Information
Location Syllabics Entity Meaning Latitude Longitude
Tuluriak ᑐᓗᕆᐊᒃ glacier The branches of the glacier reaching the sea are shaped like animal fangs. 73.15013 -81.15159
Tununiarusiq ᑐᓄᓂᐊᕈᓯᖅ point Named after Tununiq. Camping place. 72.02189 -80.77973
Tununiq ᑐᓄᓂᖅ mountain This mountain blocks the sun. 72.04521 -80.85459
Tununirusiq ᑐᓄᓂᕈᓯᖅ hill Behind the sun. A long hill along the shore. 72.94800 -85.18053
Tununirusiq OMIT ᑐᓄᓂᕈᓯᖅ hill A long hill along the shore that always covers up the sun 72.96371 -85.53133
Tupirvialuk ᑐᐱᕐᕕᐊᓗᒃ cape A place to set up tents. Good seal hunting. 72.96317 -85.59905
Tupirvialukuluit ᑐᐱᕐᕕᐊᓗᑯᓗᐃᑦ Point A place for tents. Good seal hunting all year long. 72.97290 -85.54301
Tuujjuk ᑑᔾᔪᒃ island The ice around this island keeps moving and hitting the shores. Open water. Camping place. Walrus, narwhal and seal hunting. 73.73332 -81.44642
Tuulliktalik ᑑᓪᓕᒃᑕᓕᒃ hills Part of the Sangumaniq trail. Camping place. There used to be a caribou trail along these hills in the summer and fall. 70.83449 -84.75365
Ugliit ᐅᒡᓖᑦ islands Walrus haul out. There is open water in the spring. Polar bear and walrus hunting area 73.72339 -80.91698
Uiguq&iq ᐅᐃᒍᖅᖠᖅ island A campsite for hunters close to the island Qikikqtaaluk. 70.16760 -87.31733
Ukalilik ᐅᑲᓕᓕᒃ valley Abundance of arctic hare. 73.16817 -84.86318
Ukinnilik ᐅᑭᓐᓂᓕᒃ point A cliff with a crack. A piece of the cliff has fallen down and is lying on the ground. 73.81094 -85.10034
Ullisautitalik ᐅᓪᓕᓴᐅᑎᑕᓕᒃ Current Also names point. Thin ice here due to current. There is a big old fox trap in this valley. 72.90771 -84.94962
Uluksarnaarjuit ᐅᓗᒃᓴᕐᓈᕐᔪᐃᑦ point The rocks of this point are flat, good for making ulus. These rocks are easy to sharpen. There are very old fox traps in the area. A good camping place. The name refers to the point and the neighboring cliff. 73.07080 -85.26219
Uluksat ᐅᓗᒃᓴᑦ point Named for the flat rocks here used to make ulus. This is a very old name. There some very old sod houses in the area, made by Tuniit. Good camping and seal hunting destination, sometimes caribou. A long time ago whaling ships anchored here. An Inuk stole something from the ships, and several Inuit were killed. There are some very old graves in the area. 73.01207 -85.15344
Uluksat Kangiq&ua ᐅᓗᒃᓴᑦ ᑲᖏᖅᖢᐊ sound Named in reference to Uluksat, inlet further north of here. 72.89473 -84.71334
Umiaqtalik ᐅᒥᐊᖅᑕᓕᒃ cove "The old boat." It seems that long ago there was an old boat on the shores of this bay. 72.23422 -85.45430
Umiaqtaliup Itlillikulua ᐅᒥᐊᖅᑕᓕᐅᑉ ᐃᑦᓕᓪᓕᑯᓗᐊ trail This little trail connects two bodies of sea water. 72.20985 -85.46428
Umiarjuannguaq ᐅᒥᐊᕐᔪᐊᙳᐊᖅ point From a distance this point looks like the front of a ship. 73.38928 -84.76463
Upirngivik ᐅᐱᕐᖏᕕᒃ area This name refers to a hill and beach. There are sod houses there. People used to camp there for seals, caribou and fish, during the spring, summer and fall. 71.55102 -84.51222
Upirngivik Kangilliq ᐅᐱᕐᖏᕕᒃ ᑲᖏᓪᓕᖅ point Summer and spring camp, close to fishing places and caribou. There are old sod houses. 71.03047 -84.78160
Uqquaraarjuk ᐅᖅᑯᐊᕌᕐᔪᒃ valley There are mountains that block the wind. A good camping place. 72.76664 -85.66625
Uvajuk ᐅᕙᔪᒃ hill A steep mountain. 72.22682 -81.52505
Uvinganaaqsi ᐅᕕᖓᓈᖅᓯ shore A steep shore. Part of a trail. 70.53490 -88.85038

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