Kanajjut Explained

Kanajjut
Pushpin Map:Canada Nunavut
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Nunavut
Location:Baffin Island, Nunavut
Coords:62.2589°N -68.2275°W
Oceans:Hudson Strait
Countries:Canada
Type:Inlet

Kanajjut (Inuktitut syllabics: ᑲᓇᔾᔪᑦ[1]), formerly Wight Inlet, [2] is a body of water in Nunavut's Qikiqtaaluk Region. It lies in western Hudson Strait, forming a wedge into Baffin Island's Meta Incognita Peninsula and the western slopes of the Everett Mountains.

It was, for a time, named after Sergeant James Edward Freeman Wight, North-West Mounted Police and Royal Canadian Mounted Police, who had been involved with the arrest of Uloqsaq and Sinnisiak.

Notes and References

  1. http://www4.rncan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique/OEAMO Kanajjut
  2. http://www4.rncan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique/0c7823ac849c20c3f2c6dc4644449aee Kanajjut (Formerly Wight Inlet)