Inuksuk Point
Coordinates: 64°34′18.7″N 078°10′16.68″W / 64.571861°N 78.1713000°W
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Inuksuit at the Inuksuk Point | |
| Type | inuksuit |
| Location | Nunavut, Canada |
| Nearest city | Cape Dorset |
Inuksuk Point (Enukso Point, Inuksugalait) is small peninsula on Foxe Peninsula, Baffin Island in Nunavut, Canada.
This location is renowned due to a group of more than 100 inuksuit - stone cairns built by indigenous people.[1] The site has been a National Historic Site of Canada since 1969.[2]
References
- ↑ Scott Heyes. Protecting the authenticity and integrity of inuksuit within the arctic milieu, Études/Inuit/Studies, Volume 26, numéro 2, 2002, p. 133-156, accessed on 19 Feb 2010
- ↑ Inuksuk. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
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