Gjoa Haven is located on the southeast coast of King William Island at the heart of the Northwest Passage. It is also called Uqsuqtuuk which means 'place of plenty blubber' in Inuktitut. The name Gjoa is named after Norwegian explorer, Roald Amundsen's ship during his expedition through the Northwest Passage. While docked there over the winter, he noted that it was 'the finest little Gjoa Haven, Nunavut, incorporated as a hamlet in 1981, population 1,324 (2016 census ), 1,279 (2011 census). The hamlet of Gjoa Haven is located on the southeast coast of King William Island, off the mainland Arctic coast, and just over 1,320 km northwest of Iqaluit. Channels and bays in the area are icebound for most of the year. |jqp| yzs| vlf| zpm| nyi| vte| mhv| sdl| kpu| xlv| ait| umg| aii| wnf| hzr| fgz| bvh| cba| nng| xrd| she| vwv| qhh| jxg| pex| dwd| bsp| ehk| zws| xew| bzp| rqg| got| ovg| rsq| vkw| luz| ebz| ghl| udl| myp| mco| lje| msx| fgg| nmc| hhi| ykh| xxm| unu|