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Arctic Bay Place Name Information
Location Syllabics Entity Meaning Latitude Longitude
Nanisivik ᓇᓂᓯᕕᒃ mine Has to do with finding something. Names the old mine. 73.04472 -84.53634
Nannuvvik ᓇᓐᓄᕝᕕᒃ river Someone caught a polar bear around this river. 72.48781 -80.83488
Naqsaaluk ᓇᖅᓵᓗᒃ valley This valley is a good camping place for Inuit hunting narwhal. 73.23854 -86.30609
Naqsakuluk ᓇᖅᓴᑯᓗᒃ valley A valley that bends around the shore. It is a good camping place for seal hunting. 73.70116 -84.92360
Naqsakuluuk ᓇᖅᓴᑯᓘᒃ 2 Valleys Good camping area for Inuit hunting narwhal. 73.07138 -86.32127
Naqsaruluk ᓇᖅᓴᕈᓗᒃ valley This valley is a good camping place while seal hunting. 73.64372 -85.17462
Nasarlugannguaq ᓇᓴᕐᓗᒐᙳᐊᖅ hill Recent name. This hill looks like a hat. There is trout fishing in a nearby lake. 73.04227 -84.39103
Naujaakuluit ᓇᐅᔮᑯᓗᐃᑦ cliff This cliff is a nesting place for seagulls 73.10324 -84.92907
Naujaalik ᓇᐅᔮᓕᒃ cliff A nesting place for seagulls. 72.18153 -86.42371
Naujavaat ᓇᐅᔭᕚᑦ mountain This mountain used to be a nesting place for ivory gulls. 73.25226 -86.66954
Naukarnak ᓇᐅᑲᕐᓇᒃ bay Old sod houses. Hunting for caribou and seals. A good fishing place. Many ducks and geese. 70.95383 -84.96201
Niaquaqtalik ᓂᐊᖁᐊᖅᑕᓕᒃ island The name refers to the head of a whale. 72.07194 -85.67858
Niaquaqtalik ᓂᐊᖁᐊᖅᑕᓕᒃ point Long time ago, someone found the head of a bowhead whale around this point. Camping place in the summer. There are some old sod houses. 73.13383 -84.71414
Niaqunnguun ᓂᐊᖁᙴᓐ Hill Looks like a human head. 70.40598 -86.61509
Niaqunnguunnaq ᓂᐊᖁᙴᓐᓇᖅ peninsula Looks like a head. 72.00958 -84.26876
Nunasiaq ᓄᓇᓯᐊᖅ camp A recent name (probably named in the early 1990s). There is an outpost camp there. A beautiful place. 72.05455 -84.39092
Nunasiaq ᓄᓇᓯᐊᖅ point Beautiful land. Good camping. There are old sod houses there and an oupost camp still used today. 73.41877 -81.15743
Nunaturliq ᓄᓇᑐᕐᓕᖅ river Many sod houses along the shore. Good fishing and seal, caribou and polar bear hunting. 71.23534 -88.40095
Nunnguvik ᓄᙳᕕᒃ point It refers to an old settlement where all died of sickness and hunger. 73.02386 -80.56633
Nurraqsiurvik ᓄᕐᕋᖅᓯᐅᕐᕕᒃ bay Inuit look for caribou calves around this area. Outpost camp. 72.29966 -84.85512
Nutilliarjulik ᓄᑎᓪᓕᐊᕐᔪᓕᒃ lake There is fresh water fish in this lake 72.66512 -86.83204
Nuvua Qikiqtalik ᓄᕗᐊ ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓕᒃ point There is a small island beside the point. Good camping place in the summer. Waiting place for seals and narwhal during the summer. 73.14236 -85.39317
Nuvuarjukuluk ᓄᕗᐊᕐᔪᑯᓗᒃ point Small point. Old sod houses. This is a good camping place. Good seal hunting. 70.31183 -86.57673
Nuvuarjurujuk ᓄᕗᐊᕐᔪᕈᔪᒃ point An exposed , rough area. Not a good place to camp. OK for trapping fox. 73.82966 -85.40416
Nuvuarjuruluk ᓄᕗᐊᕐᔪᕈᓗᒃ point Just a name for a point. It is a camping and seal hunting place. 72.44439 -80.85842

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