Kinngarjuaq

{{short description|Island in Canada}} {{Use Canadian English|date=December 2025}} {{Infobox islands | name = Kinngarjuaq | image_name = | image_caption = | image_size = | pushpin_map = Canada Nunavut#Canada | native_name = | native_name_link = Inuktitut | nickname = | location = [[Hudson Strait]] | coordinates = {{coord|62|36|28|N|69|30|07|W|region:CA-NU_type:isle_scale:1000000_source:http://www4.rncan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique/OEANL|display=inline,title}} | archipelago = [[Arctic Archipelago]] | total_islands = | major_islands = | area_km2 = | highest_mount = | elevation_m= | country = Canada | country_admin_divisions_title = [[Provinces and territories of Canada|Territory]] | country_admin_divisions = [[Nunavut]] | country_admin_divisions_title_1 = [[Regions of Nunavut|Region]] | country_admin_divisions_1 = [[Qikiqtaaluk Region|Qikiqtaaluk]] | population = Uninhabited | population_as_of = | density_km2 = | ethnic_groups = | footnotes = }}

'''Kinngarjuaq''' ([[Inuktitut syllabics]]: ''ᑭᙵᕐᔪᐊᖅ''<ref>[http://www4.rncan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique/OEANL Kinngarjuaq]</ref>) formerly '''Juet Island'''<ref>[http://www4.rncan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique/0c72c5e9849c20c3762596f2b3ed0cf3 Kinngarjuaq (Formerly Juet Island)]</ref> is an uninhabited island located in the [[Qikiqtaaluk Region]], [[Nunavut]], Canada. It is a [[Baffin Island]] offshore island in [[Hudson Strait]]. The closest community is [[Kimmirut]], {{convert|35.2|km|abbr=on}} away.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://travelingluck.com/North+America/Canada/Nunavut/_5988195_Juet+Island.html#local_map|title=Juet Island|publisher=travelingluck.com|access-date=2009-08-01}}</ref>

Other islands in the immediate vicinity include: [[Lavoie Island]], [[Wishart Island]], [[Nuvursirpaaraaluk Island]], [[Lee Island (Nunavut)|Lee Island]], [[Qaqqannalik]], [[Poodlatee Island]], [[Anguttuaq]], [[Black Bluff Island]], [[Aulatsiviit]], [[Ijjuriktuq]], [[Ivvitsa]], [[Takijualuk]], and [[Uugalautiit Island]]. Eight [[pre-Dorset]] or early [[Dorset culture]] sites were excavated on the island and a nearby area on Baffin Island.<ref name="CanadaCanada1967">{{cite book|author1=National Museum of Canada|author2=Geological Survey of Canada|author3=Victoria Memorial Museum |author4=Department of Mines |title=Bulletin|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9RUeAQAAMAAJ|access-date=26 June 2012|year=1967|publisher=Government Printing Bureau|page=209}}</ref>

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[[Category:Islands of Baffin Island]] [[Category:Islands of Hudson Strait]] [[Category:Uninhabited islands of the Qikiqtaaluk Region]]