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Arctic Bay Place Name Information
Location Syllabics Entity Meaning Latitude Longitude
Qingannguaq ᕿᖓᙳᐊᖅ mountain This mountain looks like a human nose. 71.35471 -85.42060
Qingannguaq ᕿᖓᙳᐊᖅ cliffs From a distance these cliffs look like a human nose. Nesting place. 73.47167 -84.21140
Qinniqtut ᕿᓐᓂᖅᑐᑦ hills The land is dark in this area. A camping place. Many blackberries 73.22723 -80.13187
Qiqquarjuujat ᕿᖅᑯᐊᕐᔫᔭᑦ bay Fish look brown like seaweed. Good camping. Old fishing camps. 72.63900 -89.57577
Qirnalaat ᕿᕐᓇᓛᑦ area The name refers to a hill and a cliff. Part of the cliff and hill is dark. 73.01565 -85.19407
Qirniqtaruluk ᕿᕐᓂᖅᑕᕈᓗᒃ point The rocks and the ground of this point are black. 72.12203 -85.53607
Qirvatalik ᕿᕐᕙᑕᓕᒃ point Named after a person (Qirvatalik) that died there long time ago. 72.26567 -85.47192
Quiqaassuk ᖁᐃᖄᔅᓱᒃ island Refers to baby seals' urine. The land looks like the hips of a seal. Camping and seal hunting. 72.23879 -80.63165
Qumaqtujuq ᖁᒪᖅᑐᔪᖅ lake There are little worms in the water and in the fish. A fishing destination. Nearby there is a smaller lake with fresh water fish. 71.35021 -84.60881
Qupirrulik ᖁᐱᕐᕈᓕᒃ lake Shallow fishing lake with bugs (not water beetles). 70.34464 -87.33720
Qurluqtuq ᖁᕐᓗᖅᑐᖅ river mouth The mouth of the river used to have a small waterfall until a large rock was dislodged by ice. Water now flows smoothly. Fishing place. 72.09525 -81.00588
Qurlurniq ᖁᕐᓗᕐᓂᖅ waterfall Steep cliff and waterfall. There are some old sod houses in the area. 73.02748 -85.39952
Qurviviniq ᖁᕐᕕᕕᓂᖅ land They found some old buckets that people would use as toilets. A camping place. 72.79795 -80.34669
Quunngu ᖂᕐᖑ sound The land on both sides of this sound narrows down. The ice is safe and good for travel. In 1953 narwhals were trapped by the ice. 71.12574 -84.82959
Saattugalik ᓵᑦᑐᒐᓕᒃ shore The rocks on this shore are flat and white. Part of a trail. 70.34731 -87.97108
Saattut ᓵᑦᑐᑦ shore Flat area. Campsite. Outpost camp still in use today. 72.73040 -80.25553
Salirraq ᓴᓕᕐᕋᖅ shore The shoreline is very straight. Very old camping sites around this shore. 73.72135 -82.40626
Sangumanikuluk ᓴᖑᒪᓂᑯᓗᒃ Trail Section Trail section of Ikpikittuarjuup Ittillinga 71.84788 -84.27069
Sangumaniq ᓴᖑᒪᓂᖅ trail The name refers to part of a trail where the river bends. 70.50620 -84.40145
Saniqijarvik ᓴᓂᕿᔭᕐᕕᒃ island group On the sides of this group of islands fish can be caught during the spring and summer time. 71.23503 -84.70489
Sannirugaaluarusiq ᓴᓐᓂᕈᒑᓗᐊᕈᓯᖅ Islands Two islands. The islands seem to be sideways as travelling from the land (coming from the west) 72.22175 -85.70062
Sannirugaaluit ᓴᓐᓂᕈᒑᓗᐃᑦ island Looks sideways as traveling from the land (coming from the west). A camping place. 72.27258 -85.96614
Saputit ᓴᐳᑎᑦ river There are some old fish traps in this river. Good fishing place. It connects Tasialuk with the sea. Good camping and fishing when fish going upstream. 70.82241 -84.91814
Saputit Akua ᓴᐳᑎᑦ ᐊᑯᐊ mouth of river In this place the river meets the ocean. Fishing place. 70.92203 -84.90972
Sauniqsiutit ᓴᐅᓂᖅᓯᐅᑎᑦ cliff A long cliff by the shore. Two possible meanings. The first relates to the fact that there are a lot of bowhead whale bones on the shores. The second refers to the presence of rocks that can be used to cut through bones. A camping place. A popular narwhal hunting destination. 72.53798 -86.42204

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