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Iglunga

Iglungayut
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Iglunga is located in Nunavut
Iglunga
Iglunga
Location in Nunavut
Iglunga is located in Canada
Iglunga
Iglunga
Location in Canada
Country Canada
Territory Nunavut
Region Qikiqtaaluk

Iglunga (previously: Iglungayut) was an Inuit settlement, now uninhabited, in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada.

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It is located on a Baffin Island offshore island, just south of Iglunga Island, at the southern entrance into Bon Accord Harbour, southwest of Auyuittuq National Park Reserve. The nearest community is Pangnirtung. The elevation is 3 ft (0.91 m). The name change from Iglungayut to Iglunga occurred 1 August 1957.

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