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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 is located on the Cumberland Peninsula of Baffin Island in Nunavut. The park is located within the Arctic Circle. The park covers 21,470 square kilometres (8,290 sq mi) [3] [note 1] and is located partially within the Penny Highlands and contains the 6,000 km 2 (2,300 sq mi) Penny Ice Cap.
The appropriate 1:250,000 maps for the Auyuittuq region are: 26-I, 27-A, 26-O, 26-P, 26-J. Maps that you receive are up-to-date only to the year indicated on the map. Care must be taken when using topographic maps to prevent unnecessary accidents.
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.
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.
Located on Baffin Island in Canada’s northern territory of Nunavut, Auyuittuq National Park is one of Nunavut’s most accessible and popular national parks. Over 32 rocky peaks grace the skyline of Auyuittuq National Park, with Mount Odin (2,147 m /7,044 ft) being the tallest and the most prominent.
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These remote national parks in the high Arctic of Nunavut's Baffin Island feature jagged, frosted mountain ranges, traditional Inuit villages, glacier-carved fjords, and vast, uninhabited...