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Saglirjuaq is located in Nunavut
Saglirjuaq
Saglirjuaq
Location in Nunavut
Saglirjuaq is located in Canada
Saglirjuaq
Saglirjuaq
Location in Canada
Geography
Location Fury and Hecla Strait
Coordinates 69°46′09″N 83°08′37″W / 69.76917°N 83.14361°W / 69.76917; -83.14361
Archipelago Arctic Archipelago
Administration
Canada
Territory Nunavut
Region Qikiqtaaluk
Demographics
Population Uninhabited

Saglirjuaq (Inuktitut syllabics: ᓴᒡᓕᕐᔪᐊᖅ) formerly Liddon Island is one of several irregularly shaped islands located in the Fury and Hecla Strait of Nunavut's Qikiqtaaluk Region within the northern Canadian Arctic. It is north of the mainland's Melville Peninsula, south of Baffin Island's Sikosak Bay, west of Simialuk, and east of Saglaarjuk.

It was given its European name for Lieutenant Matthew Liddon, an officer who accompanied Sir William Edward Parry during his search for the Northwest Passage 1819–1820. During that voyage, rock crystal, common iron glance, and red iron ore were discovered on the island.

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