Saglaarjuk facts for kids
This page is about the island in Nunavut, Canada. For island in Lake Ontario, see Amherst Island.
 Saglaarjuk
Location in Nunavut
Saglaarjuk
Location in Canada
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| Geography | |
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| Location | Northern Canada |
| Coordinates | 69°46′54″N 083°44′47″W / 69.78167°N 83.74639°W |
| Archipelago | Arctic Archipelago |
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| Territory | Nunavut |
| Region | Qikiqtaaluk |
| Demographics | |
| Population | Uninhabited |
Saglaarjuk (Inuktitut syllabicsᓴᒡᓛᕐᔪᒃ) formerly Amherst Island is one of several uninhabited, irregularly shaped islands located on the south side of the Fury and Hecla Strait of Nunavut's Qikiqtaaluk Region within the northern Canadian Arctic. It is west of Liddon Island, north of Grinnell Lake on the mainland's Melville Peninsula, and south of Baffin Island.
The island was, at one time, named for Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst, a British Army officer who was command forces that captured Louisburg, Quebec and Montreal from the French and later became Governors General of Province of Quebec.
As part of the Arctic Archipelago, it was held by the British as part of the British Arctic Territories until 1880.
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