Iglunga

Uninhabited settlement in Nunavut, Canada

Settlement in Nunavut, Canada

Iglunga Iglungayut
Settlement
66°16′N 67°07′W / 66.267°N 67.117°W / 66.267; -67.117 (Iglunga)^[1]
Country	Canada
Territory	Nunavut
Region	Qikiqtaaluk

Iglunga^[1] (previously: Iglungayut^[2]) was an Inuit settlement, now uninhabited, in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada.

Information

It is located on a Baffin Island offshore island, just south of Iglunga Island, at the southern entrance into Bon Accord Harbour,^[3] southwest of Auyuittuq National Park Reserve. The nearest community is Pangnirtung. The elevation is 0.91 m (3 ft). The name change from Iglungayut to Iglunga occurred 1 August 1957.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b "Iglunga". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
^ "Iglungayut". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
^ Dodd, G. J.; G. P. Benson; D. T. Watts (1976). Arctic pilot. Vol. 3. Great Britain. Hydrographic Dept (Digitized Apr 3, 2009 ed.). Hydrographer of the Navy. p. 289.
^ Arctic. Vol. 11 (Digitized Dec 20, 2006 ed.). Arctic Institute of North America. 1958. p. 129.

Subdivisions of Nunavut

Regions

Kitikmeot (Unorganized)
Kivalliq (Unorganized)
Qikiqtaaluk (Unorganized)

Electoral districts

Federal	Nunavut
Territorial	Aggu Aivilik Amittuq Arviat North-Whale Cove Arviat South Baker Lake Cambridge Bay Gjoa Haven Hudson Bay Iqaluit-Manirajak Iqaluit-Niaqunnguu Iqaluit-Sinaa Iqaluit-Tasiluk Kugluktuk Netsilik Pangnirtung Quttiktuq Rankin Inlet North-Chesterfield Inlet Rankin Inlet South South Baffin Tununiq Uqqummiut

Communities

Weather stations and
Canadian Armed Forces bases

Mine sites

Operating	Baffinland Iron Mine Doris North Meadowbank Gold Mine
Defunct	Bent Horn Mine Cullaton Lake/Shear Lake Mine Jericho Diamond Mine Lupin Mine Nanisivik Mine Polaris mine Rankin Inlet Mine