Cumberland Sound
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Cumberland Sound (French: Baie Cumberland; Inuit: Kangiqtualuk)[1] is an Arctic waterway in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is a western arm of the Labrador Sea located between Baffin Island's Hall Peninsula and the Cumberland Peninsula. It is approximately 250 km (160 mi) long and 80 km (50 mi) wide. Other names are Cumberland Straits, Hogarth Sound, and Northumberland Inlet.[2] Old Norse is ᚠᛁᛋᚦᚱᛁ ᚢᛒᚢᚴᚦᛁᛦ, fisþri ubukþiR. [citation needed]
Small islands litter the stretch of water which was formed from glacial activity and meltwater produced from the receding glacier.[3]
The only settlement located on the shore of the sound on the Cumberland Peninsula is
Fauna
The sound is the home of two whale species who are known to reside year-round here, The
References
- ^ Shelagh Grant. Arctic Justice: On Trial for Murder, Pond Inlet, 1923. McGill-Queen's Press, 2005
- ^ Kumlien, Ludwig (1879). Contributions to the natural history of Arctic America: made in connection with the Howgate Polar Expedition, 1877-78 (Digitized October 3, 2008 ed.). Govt. Printing Office. p. 11.
- S2CID 233595474.
- ^ "Eenoolooapik | The Canadian Encyclopedia". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
- ^ Unit, Marine Mammal Research. "Bowhead whales feed year-round in Cumberland Sound, Nunavut". Marine Mammal Research Unit. Retrieved 2022-07-08.
- Fisheries and Oceans Canada
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