Pangniqtuuq

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Pangniqtuuq

Coordinates66.15°, -65.69°

Demographic figures from Statistics Canada. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Pangnirtung is an Inuit hamlet in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of the Canadian territory of Nunavut, located on Baffin Island. The community is located about 45 km (28 mi) south of the Arctic Circle, and about 2,700 km (1,700 mi) from the North Pole. Pangnirtung is situated on a coastal plain at the coast of Pangnirtung Fjord, a fjord which eventually merges with Cumberland Sound. As of October 2024, the mayor is Stevie Komoartok.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Paul Okalik

Canadian politician, first Premier of Nunavut

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Hezakiah Oshutapik

Canadian politician

Peter Kilabuk

Canadian politician

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Stephen Osborne

Canadian writer

Nakasuk

Canadian explorer

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Kumakuluk Saggiak

Inuit artist (1944-)

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Qattuu

Inuk musician in what is now called Canada

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Nunavut

• ᐸᖕᓂᖅᑑᖅ Pangnirtung
  0.6 mi away · pop. 1,481
• Iglunga
  41.4 mi away
• ᕿᑭᖅᑕᕐᔪᐊᖅ Qikiqtarjuaq
  107.5 mi away · pop. 473
• Kekertuk
  109.3 mi away
• Cape Dyer
  124.9 mi away
• Kivitoo
  126.2 mi away
• Iqaluit ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ
  185.2 mi away · pop. 7,740
• ᓂᐊᖁᓐᖑᑦ
  185.5 mi away
• Amadjuak
  249.6 mi away
• ᑭᒻᒥᕈᑦ Kimmirut
  259.6 mi away · pop. 480
• ᑲᖏᖅᑐᒑᐱᒃ Clyde River
  307.8 mi away · pop. 900
• ᑭᙵᐃᑦ
  340.7 mi away · pop. 1,441

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Sea Sandwort

Honckenya peploides

Seen 2025-08-09

bog bilberry

Vaccinium uliginosum

Seen 2025-08-09

Arctic bell-heather

Cassiope tetragona

Seen 2025-08-09

Arctic wintergreen

Pyrola grandiflora

Seen 2025-08-09

Exobasidium vaccinii-uliginosi

Exobasidium vaccinii-uliginosi

Seen 2025-08-09

marsh Labrador tea

Rhododendron tomentosum

Seen 2025-08-09

Arctic Willow

Salix arctophila

Seen 2025-08-09

Lapland Azalea

Rhododendron lapponicum

Seen 2025-08-09

Arctic Poppy

Oreomecon radicata

Seen 2025-08-09

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).