Amadjuak Lake

Amadjuak Lake
Amadjuak Lake
	Sentinel-2 image (2022)
	Amadjuak Lake Location in Nunavut
Location	Baffin Island , Nunavut
Coordinates	64°55′N 071°00′W / 64.917°N 71.000°W
Basin countries	Canada
Surface area	3,115 km 2 (1,203 sq mi)
Surface elevation	113 m (371 ft)
Settlements	uninhabited
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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 . ^[2]

Geography [ edit ]

The lake is 3,115 km ² (1,203 sq mi) in size, and sits at an elevation of 113 m (371 ft).

This lower-lying area only emerged 4,500 years ago (recently in geological terms) from beneath the waters of Foxe Basin . Amadjuak Lake 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 , Cape Dorset , and Frobisher Bay . ^[3]

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 . ^[4]

References [ edit ]

^ "Principal lakes, elevation and area, by province and territory" . Statistics Canada . 2005-02-02 . Retrieved 2015-03-11 .
^ Jacobs, J. D., A. N. Headley, L. A. Maus, and W. N. Mode. 1997. "Climate and Vegetation of the Interior Lowlands of Southern Baffin Island: Long-Term Stability at the Low Arctic Limit" . Arctic . 50, no. 2: 167.
^ "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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[Principal_lakes-1] "Principal lakes, elevation and area, by province and territory" . Statistics Canada . 2005-02-02 . Retrieved 2015-03-11 .

[2] Jacobs, J. D., A. N. Headley, L. A. Maus, and W. N. Mode. 1997. "Climate and Vegetation of the Interior Lowlands of Southern Baffin Island: Long-Term Stability at the Low Arctic Limit" . Arctic . 50, no. 2: 167.

[3] "History of the Soper River" . park.org . Retrieved 2008-01-19 .

[4] "Inuit Knowledge of the Qikiqtaaluk Caribou" . itk.ca. Archived from the original on 2007-08-13 . Retrieved 2008-01-19 .

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