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- Qausuittuq National Park A home for the endangered Peary caribou and a traditional Inuit hunting and fishing area on Bathurst Island in Nunavut’s High Arctic.
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Auyuittuq National Park. On southeastern Baffin Island in Nunavut, the towering peaks of the Akshayuk Pass overlook a natural corridor through a landscape of sprawling glaciers, steep fiords and winding river valleys. Rich in Inuit culture and history, Auyuittuq is “the land that never melts” in Inuktitut.
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Auyuittuq National Park (Inuktitut: ᐊᐅᔪᐃᑦᑐᖅ, IPA: [aujuitːuq], "the land that never melts") is a national park located on Baffin Island 's Cumberland Peninsula, in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, the largest political subdivision of Canada.
Jan 5, 2020 · Located on eastern Baffin Island between the communities of Pangnirtung and Qikiqtarjuaq, Auyuittuq (pronounced ‘ow-you-we-took’) National Park is the most accessible national park in Nunavut and the most popular. The landscape is 85 percent rock and ice, dominated by steep and rugged mountains, with vast glaciers and powerful rivers.
Auyuittuq National Park. Type: national park of Canada. Description: national park located on Baffin Island, Canada. Location: Baffin Island, Nunavut, Northern Canada, Canada, North America. View on OpenStreetMap. Latitude. 67.8833° or 67° 53' north. Longitude. -65.0167° or 65° 1' west.
Aug 5, 2003 · Auyuittuq National Park is located on eastern Baffin Island between the communities of Pangnirtung and Qikiqtarjuaq. Our plan was to traverse the Akshayuk Pass, a 97 kilometre traditional Inuit travel corridor that crosses the park.
Auyuittuq is located on southeastern Baffin Island in Nunavut. Commercial flights are available year-round to the nearby communities of Pangnirtung and Qikiqtarjuaq. The park can be reached by boat or snowmobile with a local outfitter, and is most accessible in spring and summer.
Auyuittuq National Park is located on southeastern Baffin Island, above the Arctic Circle, in the territory of Nunavut, Canada. Dominated by the Penny Ice Cap, the park is filled with craggy limestone peaks, imposing granite cliffs, and massive glaciers that create the dramatic meltwater creeks and thundering rivers.
