Upajjana

Island in Nunavut, Canada
66°05′19″N 065°55′50″W / 66.08861°N 65.93056°W / 66.08861; -65.93056ArchipelagoArctic ArchipelagoAdministration
Canada
TerritoryNunavutRegionQikiqtaalukDemographicsPopulationUninhabited

Upajjana (ᐅᐸᔾᔭᓇ[1]) formerly Beacon Island[2] is an uninhabited island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. It lies in the Cumberland Sound, at the mouth of the Pangnirtung Fiord, near Pangnirtung off Baffin Island's Cumberland Peninsula. Akulagok Island, Aupaluktok Island, Imigen Island, Kekerten Island, Kekertukdjuak Island, Tesseralik Island, Tuapait Island, and Ugpitimik Island are in the vicinity.[3]

See also

  • Anguttuaq, formerly Beacon Island
  • Beacon Island (Hudson Strait)
  • Beacon Island (Ungava Bay)

References

  1. ^ Upajjana
  2. ^ Upajjana (Formerly Beacon Island)
  3. ^ "Beacon Island". travelingluck.com. Retrieved 2009-06-22.
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Islands of the Qikiqtaaluk Region
 Belcher IslandsIslands of Cumberland SoundIslands of Davis StraitIslands of Foxe BasinIslands of Frobisher BayIslands of the Gulf of BoothiaIslands of Hudson BayIslands of Hudson StraitIslands of James Bay
Islands of the Labrador SeaQueen Elizabeth Islands
Ellesmere Island
Parry Islands
Sverdrup Islands
Islands in italics are inhabited. See also Islands of the Kitikmeot Region, Islands of the Kivalliq Region
See also Islands of the Kitikmeot Region, Islands of the Kivalliq Region.


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