Cambridge Bay, Nunavut
Overview
Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge
The Prince Adolphus, 1st Duke of Cambridge , was the tenth child and seventh son of George III and Queen Charlotte. He held the title of Duke of Cambridge from 1801 until his death. He also served as Viceroy of Hanover on behalf of his brothers George IV and William IV...
, is a hamlet
Hamlet (place)
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located in the Kitikmeot Region
Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut
Kitikmeot Region is an administrative region of Nunavut, Canada. It consists of the southern and eastern parts of Victoria Island with the adjacent part of the mainland as far as the Boothia Peninsula, together with King William Island and the southern portion of Prince of Wales Island...
of Nunavut
Nunavut
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, Canada. The traditional Inuinnaqtun name for the area is Ikaluktuutiak (old orthography
Orthography
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) or Iqaluktuttiaq (new orthography) meaning "good fishing place".
The traditional language
Inuit language
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of the area is Inuinnaqtun and is written using the Latin alphabet
Latin alphabet
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rather than the syllabics
Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics
Canadian Aboriginal syllabic writing, or simply syllabics, is a family of abugidas used to write a number of Aboriginal Canadian languages of the Algonquian, Inuit, and Athabaskan language families....
of the Inuktitut writing system. Like Kugluktuk
Kugluktuk, Nunavut
Kugluktuk is a hamlet located at the mouth of the Coppermine River in the Kitikmeot Region of Nunavut, Canada, on Coronation Gulf, southwest of Victoria Island...
, Bathurst Inlet
Bathurst Inlet, Nunavut
Bathhurst Inlet, , is a small Inuit community located in Bathurst Inlet in the Kitikmeot Region of Canada's Nunavut Territory...
and Umingmaktok
Umingmaktok, Nunavut
The community of Umingmaktok is located in Bathurst Inlet in the Kitikmeot Region of Canada's Nunavut Territory...
syllabics are rarely seen and used mainly by the Government of Nunavut.
Cambridge Bay is the largest stop for passenger and research vessels traversing the Arctic Ocean's Northwest Passage
Northwest Passage
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, a disputed area which the Government of Canada
Government of Canada
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claims are Canadian Internal Waters
Canadian Internal Waters
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, while other nations state they are either territorial waters
Territorial waters
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or international waters
International waters
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.
Situated between Dease Strait
Dease Strait
Dease Strait is an east-west waterway between the mainland's Kent Peninsula and Victoria Island in Nunavut, Canada. At its eastern end, approximately wide, is Cambridge Bay; to the west it widens to approximately and becomes Coronation Gulf. The strait is long.-External links:*...
and Queen Maud Gulf
Queen Maud Gulf
Queen Maud Gulf lies between the northern coast of the mainland and the southeastern corner of Victoria Island in Nunavut, Canada. At its western end lies Cambridge Bay, leading to Dease Strait; to the east lies Simpson Strait; and to the north, Victoria Strait.It was named by the Norwegian...
on the southeast coast of Victoria Island (Kitlineq), part of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago
Canadian Arctic Archipelago
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, Cambridge Bay is a transportation and administrative centre for the Kitikmeot Region.
