25N – Tasiujarjuaq
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25N N 4 000m. 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 000m. N . 50 E 60 70 80 90 00 10 20 30 40 50 E . m m 0 0 0 0 0 0 NAME FEATURE EXPLANATION 0 0 0 0 1 1 7 7 Ikpiit Hill Sloping, sandy hill where blackberries grow. Tasialuk Lakes Great big lake area. Tasiarjuk Lake Small lake. D 0 8 1 Tasikutaagaaluk Lake A long lake. 0 2 4 Iqalutuinnalik Lake Ordinary fish found here year round. Qairajuktaq Hill Almost flat and smooth. Hill with a flat, smooth top. Tasiluk Lake Odd shaped lake, not deep, pretending to be a lake. 180 480 70 70 90 90 Iqaliarvik Lake Big lake with river both sides. A lot of fish. Aggaut Inlet The small winding "canyon like" erosion that is caused by the movement of the water in the tidal flat area. Ikkattujaat Lake This is a long shallow lake. Illuluarjuit Beach and beyond Old qarmaqs (stone /sod houses) there. Tasikutaaruluk Lake It's a long, narrow lake. IQ - 32 / 25N, 26C 240 Umiannguat Hill A hill which is shaped like an upside down boat. Tikiraarjuk Peninsula Small point Savaluit Island Little Island and water where you can hear the sounds of water, splashing, sloshing, moving Small cluster of islands north of Bishop Island. There are no mosquitoes here; this does not apply to all 480 Kitturiaqanngittut islands Savaluit (this mistake often made by the younger generation. L.N.) 7080 7080 Place where someone has eaten human flesh before. Inuit were forced, at some time in the past to eat Inukturniq Peninsula and Inlet human flesh in this location, due to starvation conditions. 60 0 1 240 20 Precise meaning not known by Elders from this area. They surmised that the name, because of the root 480 Qaummaarviit Point "qauma" has to do with light. The name may be related to the presence of mica in the rock in the area, that 1 8 at certain times of the day reflects the light. 360 0 Aupalukisaak Islands Reddish Rocky reef; Foreshore flats. Island used when hunting by kayak. Good spot to skin seals. (used to pile Pilavvik reef 6 seals into and on top of kayaks while hunting). 6 0 6 0 Arnaqquaksaaq Island Just a name. Something to do with a story about a woman. Ukaliqturliq Island Place with good habitat for rabbits and rabbits are plentiful. 7070 7070 Niaqunnguut Peninsula Looks like a head D Where the water is continually eroding the sand, forming small canyon like valleys, the stream flowing from D D Iqaluit Aggaut Inlet the land in this area creates this erosion in the tidal flat area. D D D D D Umiannguat Mountain land, hill Looks like an inverted boat. D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D Pitsiulaaqsit Island Place where guillemots nesting in the past. [these birds not found there today] D D D D D D D D D D D D Iqalugaarjuruluit Lake Place where there are small fish. D D D D D D D D D D D 4 D D D D 8 D 0 D D Aquliquta Route Means to travel in between two big hills, mountains, rivers etc. Either side of it, left or right. D D D D 3 Nunngarutiup Kuunga Lower part of a river River named in reference to Nunngarut. 60 D D D Aulatsivik Islands Where animals pass. Caribou travel here. 6 660 00 D Sarvaq Current Water between 2 islands. Moving water. Open year round polynya. Or no ice until very late in winter. D D D 7060 D D 7060 Ikirasakutaak Channel Long Channel D D D D D D Nunataligaarjuk Island Small Island D IQ - 30 / 25N Qaiqsuq Point Smooth hard rock, steep, not rocky. D D D D Qaaqtalik Island Mattress of caribou skins was left here long ago. D 180 D Tasiujarjualaaq Bay Shaped like a small "big" lake. 3 00 0 D D Atigaaluk Island Meaning unknown 0 D 6 5 D 4 D D 0 D D D D D Pitsiit Point of land Dried fish. Droppings from drying fish (hung on a rack, outside) is reminiscent of bird droppings on the cliffs. D D D D D D Pitsiup Kangiqtunga Bay Bay named in relation to Pitsiit. D D D 5 D D Tammariaq River Bend A place where one can easily make a wrong turn. Be aware of this. Four valleys intersect here 40 D D D D D D D D Nunngaq is caribou's narrow strip of skin from between the eyes to the edge of nostrils. Snow remains for a IQ - 28/25N D D D Nunngarut Mountain 70 D D 70 50 D D D 50 long time here in a narrow strip like the narrow strip of skin. D D IQ - 29 / 25N D D D D D Tuurngaqtaliup Tasinga Lake Lake named in relation to Tuurngaqtalik. D D Innaarulik D D D Valley, north side of river(entire side) It has a ghost. spirit, haunted? Eliya Padluq's brother lost in this area, 300 D Valley never found. I.N.'s father caught a caribou, called his wife for help, she left her baby who was never found D again. Place gives people eerie feeling. 660 D D D D The land becomes connected occasionally to the island due to high tide and low tide. Its only an island at D D D D D Kanginiktaqtuq Island D D D high tide. 0 D 0 D 6 Aqukkaluit Islands Smaller than Aqukalujjuaq, all the islands nearby are referred to by this name. D IQ - 31 / 25N 4 D D Tasiujarjuaq Inlet Shaped like a large lake. 20 D D D 70 70 Nuluarjuk Island Small bum, buttocks. 40 D D 40 D 0 D Tikkuut South of Island Looks like it is pointing somewhere. 4 D IQ - 22/25N, O D 5 D D Inuksulialuk Peninsula Peninsula on island of Pichit. Island It has many inuksuit. D D D D Nuvukallak Point of land Short point. D D D Kanajualuit Bay Sculpin's place. D D Kanajualuit Nuvua Point of land Sculpin's Point. D D Qikiqtarjuaq Island Big Island. IQ - 27 / 25N D D D D D Meaning sounds like it drives or has control of something. Higher, more southerly than a cluster of islands Aqukalujjuaq Islands 0 42 nearby. 6 0 6 Saarru Peninsula Peninsula with little island. It's a thin one or low land that is not high. Low lying, featureless. D 7030 7030 Qikiqtaralaaq Little Island It's a small island 7 2 0 Salunnaqtuuq Island Something to do with the rocks; if you put your tongue to them, they will make your tongue dry. Ikkarrulik Water It has a shoal in it. Very shallow, boat can get caught here. 4 8 540 0 It has a special "song" used to call to animals to come, especially calling for dogs to come to you. There is D Qammaqtalik Island D D D D an old qarmaq there. 60 0 D D D D D D D D Tasialuk Lake Great big lake. Hitting one's in the head in response to a migraine, avaaq or blackout. Place where animal has to be Avaaqtarvik Very small island knocked out first before the final kill. Such manner is still practised for easier catch before it escapes. D 0 Mialigaqtaliminiq Island Place where Americans lived at one time. 8 4 Qakuqtannguaq Five islands It's a fake of colour white. White rocks. 7020 7020 Upirngivialuralaaq Small Island Small place to camp in the spring time. D Upirngivialuk Small Island It's a common place for spring camping. 6 0 0 Katinniq Waterfall Waterfall D Sangugianganiq Beginning of river Beginning of curve, not straight. Beginning of river divided into three sections 300 4 7 2 2 Inlet and surrounding land where you walk very softly not to make any noise. Lake behind it empties at low 0 0 Qigirrijaarvik Inlet and land tide. Umiaminiqtalik Very small island An old boat located there, left by the Americans sometime after the war. (A.S.) IQ - 26/25N Iluilliqtiqpaaq Water, channel Last channel of the many in the immediate area, to freeze in winter. Ikirasakutaak Water road, passage It's a long narrow channel. 3 60 Original name means is has an edge shape and in the winter, the only way to pass through was along the 70 6 70 Killiligaaluk Water channel, Fiord 10 6 10 0 D edge/ledge of ice, as the rest was open water. New name means deep channel for ships to pass through. 0 D 0 6 Kiinaujalaaq Mountain Resembles a face. 3 6 D 0 Akisuk Nowdluk lived here as a child. After a man name Tikivik spent the winter here, other people began to Tasiujaarjuruluk Island camp here as well. Upirngivik Point Camping place in the spring time. Qikiqtakutaak Long narrow island It's a long island. Ikkattujaat Inlet Long shallow bay. 4 2 7 0 20 Kuujjuaq River River Qamanaarjuk Lake The widening of a river to form a lake. 7000 7000 Qamanaaluk Lake The widening of a river to form a lake. 5 0 4 8 0 4 0 48 0 6 6 720 0 0 3 3 6 0 N N . m m 0 0 0 0 26B 0 0 0 0 9 9 26C 9 9 6 6 26D 6 6 0 Iqaluit 25O 25N 450000m.E 460 470 480 490 500 510 520 530 540 550000m.E 25M 25J&G Scale 1:250 000 25K 0 5 10 20 30 40 25L Contour interval 60 metres Kilometres UTM Zone 19 North American Datum 1983 Tasiujarjuaq Nunavut Index to adjoining Maps of the Nunavut National Topographic System The Elders pictured here are among a long list of many Elders, all of whom grew up on the land in the area covered by this map.