| LC control no. | no2015096523 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Geographic heading | Qikiqtaaluk Region (Nunavut) |
| Geographic subdivision usage | Nunavut--Qikiqtaaluk Region |
| Variant(s) | Baffin (Nunavut) Baffin Region (Nunavut) Qikiqtaaluq (Nunavut) Qikiqtani Region (Nunavut) Qitiqtaaluk Region (Nunavut) |
| Associated country | Canada |
| Located | Nunavut |
| Found in | Qikiqtani Truth Commission. QTC final report, 2010: p. 6 (the Qikiqtani (formerly Baffin) region; the Qikiqtani region) Wikipedia, July 22, 2015: Qikiqtaaluk Region (Qikiqtaaluk Region, Qikiqtani Region or Baffin Region is an administrative region of Nunavut, Canada. Qikiqtaaluk is the traditional Inuktitut name for Baffin Island. Although Qikiqtaaluk Region is the most commonly used name in official contexts, several notable public organisations, including Statistics Canada and Nunavut Tourism prefer the term Baffin Region. The region consists of Baffin Island, the Belcher Islands, Akimiski Island, Mansel Island, Prince Charles Island, Bylot Island, Devon Island, Cornwallis Island, Bathurst Island, Amund Ringnes Island, Ellef Ringnes Island, Axel Heiberg Island, Ellesmere Island, the Melville Peninsula, the eastern part of Melville Island, and the northern parts of Prince of Wales Island, and Somerset Island, plus smaller islands in between. The regional seat is Iqaluit. The Qikiqtaaluk Region spans to the northernmost, easternmost, and southernmost areas of Nunavut. Before 1999, Qikiqtaaluk Region existed under slightly different boundaries as the Baffin Region, District of Keewatin, Northwest Territories.) Explore Nunavut website, July 22, 2015 (Qitiqtaaluk [sic] Region, Nunavut; Qikiqtaaluk Region or Qikiqtani Region (formerly called the Baffin Region) is a region of Nunavut. It consists of Baffin Island, the Belcher Islands, Akimiski Island, Mansel Island, Prince Charles Island, Bylot Island, Devon Island, Cornwallis Island, Bathurst Island, Amund Ringes Island, Ellef Ringes Island, Axel Heiberg Island, Ellesmere Island, the Melville Peninsula, the eastern part of Melville Island, and the northern parts of Prince of Wales Island, and Somerset Island, plus smaller islands in between.) Nunavut GenWeb: communities website, July 22, 2015 (Nunavut is divided into three administrative regions: Qikiqtaaluk (Baffin); Kivalliq (Keewatin); Kitikmeot. The Qikiqtaaluk region includes all communities on Baffin Island, Grise Fiord (Ellesmere Island), Resolute (Cornwallis Island), Hall Beach and Igloolik (Melville Peninsula), and Sanikiluaq (Hudson Bay).) Important areas for birds in Nunavut, via Environment Canada website, July 22, 2015 (Qikiqtaaluk Region) Canadian geographical names website, July 22, 2015 (Location: Qikiqtaaluk. Province/Territory: Nunavut) Inuit Heritage Trust Nunavut map series website, July 22, 2015: home page (Qikiqtaaluq (Baffin)) <http://ihti.ca/eng/place-names/pn-seri.html> Nunavut has a new licence plate, via Government of Nunavut Department of Economic Development and Transportation website, March 06, 2012, viewed on July 22, 2015 (the three regions in Nunavut -- Kitikmeot, Kivalliq and Qikiqtaaluk) Nunavut census population by region and community, 1981 to 2011, via Nunavut Department of Executive and Intergovernmental Affairs website, July 22, 2015 (Qikiqtaaluk (Baffin)) <http://gov.nu.ca/sites/default/files/files/Nunavut%20Census%20Population%20by%20Region%20and%20Community%2C%201981%20to%202011%20(2%20tables).xls> Canadian subject headings, via WWW, July 22, 2015 (Baffin Region (Nunavut). EQ Baffin (Nunavut). UF Baffin Region (N.W.T.); Qikiqtaaluk Region (Nunavut)) Web. geog. (Baffin. Region, NE Canada, an administrative subdivision of Northwest Territories, consisting of the E part of former dist. of Franklin; area 393,007 sq. mi. (1,017,889 sq. km.)) Columbia gazetteer of North America, via WWW, December 4, 2001 (Baffin, region (392,905 sq mi/1,017,889 sq km; 1991 pop. 11,385), N.W.T., Canada. It extends N from the southernmost portion of the Hudson Bay to the N tip of Ellesmere Isl. and E from Prince Patrick Isl. to Baffin Isl. The region includes the isls. of Devon, Bathurst, Melville, Prince Patrick, and Somerset, in addition to the Melville Peninsula. The region was created in the early 1970s by the territorial govt.) |
| Not found in | GEOnet names server, July 22, 2015; Canadiana authorities, July 22, 2015 |
| Geographic area code | n-cn-nu |
| Invalid LCCN | sh2001000847 |
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