Niaqurnaaluk

Niaqurnaaluk (Inuktitut syllabics: ᓂᐊᖁᕐᓈᓗᒃ[1] formerly Cape Eglinton[2] (sometimes written as Nahanausaq)[3] is a land point on eastern Baffin Island, in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. It was previously named by Sir John Ross in honour of the Earl of Eglinton.[4]

References
  1. Niaqurnaaluk
  2. Niaqurnaaluk (Formerly Cape Eglinton)
  3. Wenzel, George (2008). "Clyde Inuit Settlement and Community: From before Boas to Centralization" (PDF). Anthropology. Project MUSE. 45 (1): 14. (subscription required)
  4. Ross, Sir John (1819). A voyage of discovery: made under the orders of the Admiralty, in His Majesty's ships Isabella and Alexander, for the purpose of exploring Baffin's Bay, and inquiring into the probability of a north-west passage (Now in the public domain. ed.). J. Murray. pp. 197–. Retrieved 25 August 2011.

70°47′11″N 069°26′30″W


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