Kuugaaluk

{{Short description|River in Nunavut, Canada}} {{Infobox river | name = Kuugaaluk | name_native = | name_other = Kogalu River | name_etymology =  | image = | image_caption = | map = | map_size = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = Canada Nunavut | pushpin_map_size = | pushpin_map_caption= Kuugaaluk  | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = Canada | subdivision_type2 = | subdivision_name2 = | subdivision_type3 = [[Provinces and territories of Canada|Territory]] | subdivision_name3 = [[Nunavut]] | subdivision_type4 = | subdivision_name4 = | subdivision_type5 = | subdivision_name5 =  | length = | width_min = | width_avg = | width_max = | depth_min = | depth_avg = | depth_max = | discharge1_location= | discharge1_min = | discharge1_avg = | discharge1_max =  | source1 = [[Ayr Lake]] | source1_location = [[Baffin Island]] | source1_coordinates= {{coord|70|31|28|N|69|28|04|W|display=inline}} | source1_elevation = | mouth = [[Baffin Bay]] | mouth_location = | mouth_coordinates = {{coord|70|34|36|N|69|15|06|W|region:CA-NU_source:http://www4.rncan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique/OEBCQ|display=inline,title|name=Kuugaaluk}} | mouth_elevation = {{convert|0|m|abbr=on}} | progression = | river_system = | basin_size = | tributaries_left = | tributaries_right = | custom_label = | custom_data = | extra = }}

'''Kuugaaluk''' ([[Inuktitut syllabics]]: ''ᑰᒑᓗᒃ''<ref>[http://www4.rncan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique/OEBCQ Kuugaaluk]</ref>) formerly '''Kogalu River'''<ref>[http://www4.rncan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique/0c727e05849c20c369ab32c02b6380ec Kuugaaluk (Formerly Kogalu River)]</ref> is a river on the eastern coast of [[Baffin Island]] in the [[Qikiqtaaluk Region]] of [[Nunavut]], Canada. The river outflows from [[Ayr Lake]] and travels {{convert|40|km|abbr=on}} before reaching [[Baffin Bay]].<ref name="Beckwith2001">{{cite book|last1=Beckwith|first1=Christian|author2=American Alpine Club|title=The American Alpine Journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_bRSqSWLDEEC&pg=PA234|accessdate=26 August 2011|date=August 2001|publisher=The Mountaineers Books|isbn=978-0-930410-89-6|pages=234–}}</ref> The nearest settlement, [[Clyde River, Nunavut|Clyde River]], is approximately {{convert|30|km|abbr=on}} away.

==See also== *[[List of rivers of Nunavut]] *[[Geography of Nunavut]]

==References== {{Reflist}}

[[Category:Rivers of the Qikiqtaaluk Region]]