| Amadjuak Lake | |
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 Sentinel-2 image (2022) | |
  Amadjuak Lake Location in Nunavut | |
| Location | Baffin Island, Nunavut |
| Coordinates | 64°55′N 71°08′W / 64.917°N 71.133°W[1] |
| Basin countries | Canada |
| Surface area | 3,115 km2 (1,203 sq mi) |
| Surface elevation | 113 m (371 ft) |
| Settlements | uninhabited |
| References | [2] |
Amadjuak Lake is a lake in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. Along with Nettilling Lake, it is located in south-central Baffin Island's Great Plain of the Koukdjuak. It is 154 km (96 mi) south of Burwash Bay. The closest community is Iqaluit.[3]
Geography
[edit]The lake is 3,115 km2 (1,203 sq mi) in size, and sits at an elevation of 113 m (371 ft).[2]
This lower-lying area only emerged 4,500 years ago (recently in geological terms) from beneath the waters of Foxe Basin.[citation needed] Amadjuak is the second largest lake on Baffin Island (after Nettilling Lake) and third-largest in Nunavut.
Ethnography
[edit]The lake was a gathering place for Inuit from Kimmirut, Soper River Valley, Pangnirtung, Kinngait, and Frobisher Bay.[4]
Fauna
[edit]Amadjuak Lake is also notable as a summer feeding grounds, calving grounds, and migration route for the Southern Qikiqtaaluk herd of barren-ground caribou.[5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Amadjuak Lake". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
- ^ a b "Principal lakes, elevation and area, by province and territory". Statistics Canada. 2005-02-02. Archived from the original on 2012-09-19. Retrieved 2015-03-11.
- ^ Jacobs, J.D.; Headley, A.N.; Maus, L.A.; Mode, W.N.; Simms, É.L. (June 1997). "Climate and Vegetation of the Interior Lowlands of Southern Baffin Island: Long-Term Stability at the Low Arctic Limit" (PDF). Arctic. 50 (2): 172. doi:10.14430/arctic1099. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
- ^ "History of the Soper River". park.org. Retrieved 2008-01-19.
- ^ "Inuit Knowledge of the Qikiqtaaluk Caribou". itk.ca. Archived from the original on 2007-08-13. Retrieved 2008-01-19.
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