List of communities in Nunavut
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Here is a list of communities in Nunavut Territory, Canada.
Note. Many of these communities have alternate names or spellings in Inuktitut, while others are primarily known by their Inuktitut names.
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Communities recognised by the Government of Nunavut
- Arctic Bay (Ikpiarjuk ᐃᒃᐱᐊᕐᔪᒃ), on Baffin Island
- Arviat (ᐊᕐᕕᐊᑦ, formerly Eskimo Point), on the mainland
- Baker Lake (Qamanittuaq ᖃᒪᓂᑦᑐᐊᖅ), on the mainland
- Bathurst Inlet (Kingoak), on the mainland
- Cambridge Bay (Iqaluktuuttiaq ᐃᖃᓗᒃᑑᑦᑎᐊᖅ), on Victoria Island
- Cape Dorset (Kinngait ᑭᙵᐃᑦ), off the coast of Baffin Island
- Chesterfield Inlet (Igluligaarjuk ᐃᒡᓗᓕᒑᕐᔪᒃ), on the mainland
- Clyde River (Kangiqtugaapik ᑲᖏᖅᑐᒑᐱᒃ), on Baffin Island
- Coral Harbour (Sallit ᓴᓪᓖᑦ), on Southampton Island
- Gjoa Haven (Uqsuqtuuq ᐅᖅᓱᖅᑑᖅ), on King William Island
- Grise Fiord (Aujuittuq ᐊᐅᔪᐃᑦᑐᖅ), on Ellesmere Island
- Hall Beach (Sanirajak ᓴᓂᕋᔭᒃ), on the mainland
- Igloolik (Iglulik ᐃᒡᓗᓕᒃ), on Igloolik Island
- Iqaluit (territorial capital) (ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ), on Baffin Island (formerly Frobisher Bay)
- Kimmirut (formerly Lake Harbour), on Baffin Island
- Kugaaruk (formerly Pelly Bay), on the mainland
- Kugluktuk (Qurluqtuq ᖁᕐᓗᖅᑐᖅ, formerly Coppermine), on the mainland
- Pangnirtung (Pangniqtuuq ᐸᖕᓂᖅᑑᖅ), on Baffin Island
- Pond Inlet (Mittimatalik ᒥᑦᑎᒪᑕᓕᒃ), on Baffin Island
- Qikiqtarjuaq (ᕿᑭᖅᑕᕐᔪᐊᖅ, formerly Broughton Island), on Broughton Island
- Rankin Inlet (Kangiqiniq ᑲᖏᕿᓂᖅ or Kangirliniq ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᖅ), on the mainland
- Repulse Bay (Naujaat ᓇᐅᔮᑦ), on the mainland
- Resolute (Qausuittuq ᖃᐅᓱᐃᑦᑐᖅ), on Cornwallis Island
- Sanikiluaq, (ᓴᓂᑭᓗᐊᖅ) on Flaherty Island (Belcher Islands)
- Taloyoak (Talurjuaq, formerly Spence Bay), on the mainland
- Whale Cove (Tikirarjuaq ᑎᑭᕋᕐᔪᐊᖅ), on the mainland
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Former Distant Early Warning Line and current North Warning System sites
- Bernard Harbour (PIN-C), on the mainland
- Bray Island (FOX-A)
- Brevoort Island (BAF-3)
- Broughton Island (FOX-5)
- Byron Bay (PIN-4)
- Cambridge Bay (CAM-MAIN)
- Cape Dyer (DYE-MAIN), on Baffin Island
- Cape Hooper (FOX-4)
- Cape Mcloughlin (CAM-5A)
- Cape Mercy (BAF-2)
- Cape Peel West (PIN-EB)
- Cape Young (PIN-2)
- Clifton Point (PIN-B)
- Clinton Point (PIN-1)
- Croker River (PIN 1BG)
- Dewar Lakes (FOX-3)
- Durban Island (FOX-E)
- Edinburgh Island (PIN-DA)
- Ekalugad (FOX-C)
- Gjoa Haven (CAM-CB)
- Gladman Point (CAM-2)
- Hall Beach (FOX.MAIN)
- Harding River (PIN-2A)
- Hat Island (CAM-B)
- Jenny Lind Island (CAM-1)
- Kangok Fjord (FOX-CA)
- Keats Point (PIN-1BD)
- Keith Bay (CAM-E)
- Kivitoo, (FOX-D)
- Lady Franklin Point (PIN-3)
- Lailor River (CAM-FA)
- Loks Land (BAF-4A)
- Longstaff Bluff (FOX-2)
- Mackar Inlet (CAM-5)
- Matheson Point (CAM-C)
- Nudluardjuk Lake (FOX-B)
- Pelly Bay (CAM-4)
- Resolution Island (BAF-5)
- Ross Point (PIN-D)
- Rowley Island (FOX-1)
- Scarpa Lake (CAM-F)
- Shepherd Bay (CAM-3)
- Simpson Lake (CAM-D)
- Sturt Point (CAM-A3A)
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Weather stations and military bases
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Mine sites
- Little Cornwallis Island
- Lupin Mine
- Nanisivik (ᓇᓂᓯᕕᒃ), on Baffin Island
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Other
- Craig Harbour, on Ellesmere Island
- Dundas Harbour, on Devon Island
- Nuwata, on Baffin Island
- Padlei, on the mainland
- Tavani, on the mainland
- Umingmaktok (Umingmaktuuq ᐅᒥᖕᒪᒃᑑᖅ, formerly Bay Chimo), on the mainland
- Wager Bay, (Ukkusiksalik ᐅᒃᑯᓯᒃᓴᓕᒃ) on the mainland
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External links
- Nunavut communities (Nunavut Tourism) (with a map)
- Government of Nunavut - communities (also with a map)
- Dewline sitesfr:Liste de communautés au Nunavut