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Ungava Bay

Ungava Bay (French: baie d'Ungava, Inuktitut

Inuktitut

Inuktitut is the name of the varieties of Inuit language spoken in Canada. It is spoken in all areas north of the tree line, including parts of the provinces of Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec, to some extent in northeastern Manitoba as well as the territories of Nunavut, the Northwest Territories, and traditionally on the Arctic Ocean coa...
(syllabics/Roman) ??? ?????/ungava kangiqluk) is a large bay

Headlands and bays

Headlands and bays are two related features of the coastal environment....
in northeastern Canada

Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
separating Nunavik

Nunavik

Nunavik comprises the northern third of the province of Quebec, Canada. Covering a land area of 443,684.71 km? north of the 55th parallel north, it is the homeland of the Inuit of Quebec....
(far northern Quebec

Quebec

Quebec , in French language, Qu?bec , is a Provinces and territories of Canada in the Central Canada and Eastern Canada regions of Canada....
) from Baffin Island

Baffin Island

Baffin Island in the territory of Nunavut is the largest member of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. It is the List of Canadian islands by area and the List of islands by area, with an area of and has a population of 11,000 ....
. The bay is shaped like a rounded square with a side length of about 180 km (110 mi) and has an area of approximately 33,000 km² (12,700 mi²).

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Ungava Bay (French: baie d'Ungava, Inuktitut

Inuktitut

Headlands and bays

Headlands and bays are two related features of the coastal environment....
in northeastern Canada

Canada

Nunavik

Quebec

Quebec , in French language, Qu?bec , is a Provinces and territories of Canada in the Central Canada and Eastern Canada regions of Canada....
) from Baffin Island

Baffin Island

Atlantic Ocean

The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions; with a total area of about 106.4 million square kilometres . It covers approximately one-fifth of the Earth's surface....
depths of 300 metres (980 ft) are reached.

There are a number of islands within Ungava Bay. The largest, Akpatok Island

Akpatok Island

Akpatok Island is one of the Canadian Arctic islands in Nunavut, Canada. It is the largest island in Ungava Bay on the northern coast of Quebec at ....
, and others north of 60° N are part of the territory of Nunavut

Nunavut

Nunavut is the largest and newest Provinces and territories of Canada of Canada; it was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999 via the Nunavut Act and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act, though the actual boundaries had been established in 1993....
, whilst smaller islands south of 60° N belong to Quebec.

Although it is quite close to the open Atlantic (separated only by Hudson Strait

Hudson Strait

Hudson Strait links the Atlantic Ocean to Hudson Bay in Canada. It lies between Baffin Island and the northern coast of Quebec, its eastern entrance marked by Cape Chidley and Resolution Island ....
), Ungava Bay is generally considered part of the Arctic Ocean

Arctic Ocean

The Arctic Ocean, located in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Arctic North Pole region, is the smallest and shallowest of the world's five major oceanic divisions....
because the land surrounding it has an exceedingly cold climate. Due to the influence of the Labrador Current

Labrador Current

The Labrador Current is a cold current in the north Atlantic Ocean which flows from the Arctic Ocean south along the coast of Labrador and passes around Newfoundland , continuing south along the east coast of Nova Scotia....
, summers are too cold for tree

TREE

TREE was a Boston hardcore punk band formed in the summer of 1990. They were active in the Boston music scene until disbanding in 2002....
growth and all the land surrounding the bay is treeless tundra

Tundra

In physical geography, tundra is an biome where the tree growth is hindered by low temperatures and short growing seasons. The term tundra comes from Kildin Sami tund?r, which means "uplands, treeless mountain tract." There are two types of tundra: Arctic tundra and alpine tundra....
. Typically, temperatures in summer at Kuujjuaq about twenty kilometres up the Koksoak River

Koksoak River

The Koksoak River is the largest river in Nunavik, Qu?bec, Canada. The name of the Inuit village and administrative center that lies on the shores of the Koksoak, Kuujjuaq, translates as "great river." Koksoak is believed to be an earlier written form of this Inuktitut word....
are about 7°C (44°F), whilst winter temperatures are about -20°C (-4°F). Precipitation

Precipitation (meteorology)

File:MeanMonthlyP.gifIn meteorology, precipitation is any product of the condensation of Atmosphere water vapor that is deposited on the earth's surface....
averages around 400–450 mm (16–18 in) per year, most of it falling in the summer.

Ungava Bay is surrounded by numerous Inuit

Inuit

Inuit is a general term for a group of culturally similar indigenous peoples inhabiting the Arctic regions of Canada, Greenland, Russia and Alaska, United States....
villages, the largest of which is Kuujjuaq, Quebec

Kuujjuaq, Quebec

Kuujjuaq is the largest Inuit village in Nunavik, Qu?bec, Canada with a population of 2,132 as of the 2006 census. This is up roughly 10% from 1,932 as of the 2001 Census....
, at the mouth of the Koksoak River

Koksoak River

Iron ore

Iron ores are Rock and minerals from which metallic iron can be economically extracted. The ores are usually rich in iron oxides and vary in colour from dark grey, bright yellow, deep purple, to rusty red....
has been mined in the past, but despite the high grade of the ores the impossibility of cheap transportation meant that mining was discontinued early in the 20th century. Traditional Inuit hunting activities still dominate the region's life, along with expensive adventure tourism

Tourism

Tourism is travel for recreational or leisure purposes. The World Tourism Organization defines tourists as people who "travel to and stay in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure, business and other purposes not related to the exercise of an activity remunerated from...
.

The southwestern corner of Ungava Bay, along with Bay of Fundy

Bay of Fundy

The Bay of Fundy is a Headlands and bays on the Atlantic Ocean coast of North America, on the northeast end of the Gulf of Maine between the Canada Provinces of Canada of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, with a small portion touching the United States U.S....
, has either the highest or second-highest tidal ranges

Tide

Tides are the rising of Earth's ocean surface caused by the tidal forces of the Moon and the Sun acting on the oceans. Tides cause changes in the depth of the marine and estuary water bodies and produce oscillating currents known as tidal streams, making prediction of tides important for coastal navigation ....
in the world. Some sources estimate the spring tide range at the mouth of the Leaf River

Leaf River (Quebec)

Leaf River is a river in northern Quebec, Canada, that flows from Lake Minto northeast into Leaf Bay off Ungava Bay. The name "Leaf River", under which it has been known since the 19th century, is probably derived from arctic willow growing on its banks....
as being as high as 17 m or 56 ft. Attempts have been made to develop tidal power in the bay, but this is made difficult by the harsh climate and the fact that the bay is only ice-free for a small part of the year.

External links

: Includes discussion of Ungava Bay as a feasible location for tidal power generation. (PESN; Aug. 14, 2006)
. A online documentary from the National Film Board of Canada
National Film Board of Canada

The National Film Board of Canada is Canada's public film producer and distributor. An agency of the Government of Canada, the NFB produces and distributes innovative, socially relevant documentary, animation, alternative drama and digital media productions....
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