Tasialuk Explained

Tasialuk
Other Name:Shoreline of Tasialuk with gigantic lakeside peaks
Pushpin Map:Canada Nunavut
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Nunavut
Location:Baffin Island
Coords:70.4258°N -70.1169°W
Type:Fjord
Outflow:Kuugaaluk
Oceans:Baffin Bay
Countries:Canada
Length:60km (40miles)
Width:3km (02miles)

Tasialuk (Inuktitut syllabics: ᑕᓯᐊᓗᒃ) formerly Ayr Lake is a land-locked freshwater lake, structurally a fjord, on Baffin Island's northeastern coast in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. The Inuit settlement of Pond Inlet is 360km (220miles) to the northwest and Clyde River is 35km (22miles) to the east.

Geography

Tasialuk is located east of the Kangiqtualuk Uqquqti and Arviqtujuq Kangiqtua fjords. It stretches roughly from the northeast to the southwest for about 60km (40miles). The Kuugaaluk flows out of the northern end of the lake and discharges its waters in the Baffin Bay a further 40km (30miles) to the northeast.[1]

There are spectacular landscapes in Tasialuk, with massive nearly 1400m (4,600feet) high summits rising their ramparts close to the shore, especially in its central part.[2] In the inner area the Ayr Pass connects with the Arviqtujuq Kangiqtua to the west.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ayr Lake. Mapcarta. 25 April 2016.
  2. [GoogleEarth]