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Nuvuttiq, the Glossary

Nuvuttiq (ᓄᕗᑦᑎᖅ) formerly Cape Searle is an uninhabited headland located on Qaqulluit's northeastern tip, in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada.^[1]

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15 relations: Arctic, Cape (geography), Davis Strait, Headland, Height above mean sea level, Important Bird Area, International Biological Program, John Ross (Royal Navy officer), Key Habitat Site, National Topographic System, Northern fulmar, Nunavut, Qaqulluit, Qikiqtaaluk Region, Victualling Commissioners.
Headlands of Qikiqtaaluk Region
Important Bird Areas of Qikiqtaaluk Region
Landforms of Baffin Island

Arctic

The Arctic is a polar region located at the northernmost part of Earth.

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Cape (geography)

In geography, a cape is a headland, peninsula or promontory extending into a body of water, usually a sea.

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Davis Strait

The Davis Strait is a southern arm of the Arctic Ocean that lies north of the Labrador Sea.

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Headland

A headland, also known as a head, is a coastal landform, a point of land usually high and often with a sheer drop, that extends into a body of water.

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Height above mean sea level

Height above mean sea level is a measure of a location's vertical distance (height, elevation or altitude) in reference to a vertical datum based on a historic mean sea level.

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Important Bird Area

An Important Bird and Biodiversity Area (IBA) is an area identified using an internationally agreed set of criteria as being globally important for the conservation of bird populations.

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International Biological Program

The International Biological Program (IBP) was an effort between 1964 and 1974 to coordinate large-scale ecological and environmental studies.

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John Ross (Royal Navy officer)

Sir John Ross (24 June 1777 – 30 August 1856) was a Scottish Royal Navy officer and polar explorer.

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A Key Habitat Site is a Canadian Wildlife Service designation for an area that supports at least 1% of the country's population of any migratory bird species, or subspecies, at any time. Nuvuttiq and Key Habitat Site are bird stubs.

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National Topographic System

The National Topographic System or NTS is the system used by Natural Resources Canada for providing general purpose topographic maps of the country.

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Northern fulmar

The northern fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis), fulmar, or Arctic fulmar is a highly abundant seabird found primarily in subarctic regions of the North Atlantic and North Pacific oceans.

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Nunavut

Nunavut (ᓄᓇᕗᑦ) is the largest and northernmost territory of Canada.

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Qaqulluit

Qaqulluit (Inuktitut syllabics: ᖃᖁᓪᓗᐃᑦ formerly Qaqaluit Island (meaning: "northern fulmar") is one of eastern Baffin Island's small, offshore, uninhabited islands, located in the Arctic Archipelago in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut. Along with Paallavvik and Aggijjat, it is situated off Cumberland Peninsula within Davis Strait's Merchants Bay.

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Qikiqtaaluk Region

The Qikiqtaaluk Region, Qikiqtani Region (Inuktitut syllabics: ᕿᑭᖅᑖᓗᒃ) or the Baffin Region is the easternmost, northernmost, and southernmost administrative region of Nunavut, Canada.

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Victualling Commissioners

The Commissioners for the Victualling of the Navy, often called the Victualling Commissioners or Victualling Board, was the body responsible under the Navy Board for victualling ships of the British Royal Navy.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuvuttiq

Also known as Cape Searle.