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Kangiqtualuk Uqquqti

Coordinates: 70°30′01″N 071°09′00″W / 70.50028°N 71.15000°W / 70.50028; -71.15000
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Sam Ford Fiord
Kangiqtualuk Uqquqti is located in Nunavut
Kangiqtualuk Uqquqti
Location
LocationBaffin Island
Coordinates70°30′01″N 071°09′00″W / 70.50028°N 71.15000°W / 70.50028; -71.15000
Ocean/sea sourcesBaffin Bay
Basin countriesNunavut, Canada
Max. length110 km (68 mi)
Max. width19 km (12 mi)

Sam Ford Fiord is an isolated, elongated Arctic fjord on Baffin Island's northeastern coast in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada.[1] The Inuit settlement of Pond Inlet is 320 km (200 mi) to the northwest and Clyde River is 80 km (50 mi) to the east.

This fjord is reputed for its impressive rocky landscapes.[2] It is also a popular place with climbers.[3]

History

Eglinton Fiord had been one of the traditional hunting areas of the Inuit.[4]

Geography

Sam Ford Fiord stretches roughly from NNE to SSW for about 110 km (68 mi). Its mouth, located between the Remote Peninsula and Erik Point, is over 18 km (11 mi) wide, the width of the fjord narrowing gradually to an average of 3 km (1.9 mi) about 50 km (31 mi) inland. Walker Arm is a tributary fjord branching west from the fjord's western shore about 45 km (28 mi) to the south of its mouth. The Stewart Valley —with its awesome Sail Peaks stretches northwards from its NW corner and connects with the neighbouring Gibbs Fiord. Swiss bay is a smaller inlet on the eastern shore of Sam Ford Fiord connecting through Ottawa Creek and the Revoir Pass with the inner reaches of neighbouring Eglinton Fiord in the east.[5] The Sam Ford River discharges its waters at the head of the fjord further south[6] and Heimen Island is located within the inner section of the fjord off a small bay 15 km (9.3 mi) to the NNE of the river's mouth.[5]

Sam Ford Fiord is known for its glaciers and its awe-inspiring stark granite cliffs, rising steeply from its shores to heights up to 1,500 m (4,900 ft) above sea level in the area near Swiss Bay. Among the most impressive summits by the fjord Beluga Mountain,[7] Rock Tower,[8] Walrus Head, Broad Peak, Ottawa Peak, Sikunga Mountain, Turnagain Peak, and the Paalik Peak deserve mention.[5]

A massive cliff on the eastern shore located at a bend in the fjord 49 km from its mouth at 70°37′51.82″N 70°55′0.33″W / 70.6310611°N 70.9167583°W / 70.6310611; -70.9167583 has a vertical wall dropping from a height of 1368 m to the fjord's waters.[9]

Western shoreline of Sam Ford Fjord about 15 km (9.3 mi) from its mouth

See also

References

  1. ^ "Water Features - Nunavut". The Atlas of Canada. Retrieved 2008-11-11.
  2. ^ 4. Bericht von Bord: Die spektakulären Fjorde Kanadas (German)
  3. ^ Greenland 2014: Baffin Island and Sam Ford Fjord for Favresse, Ditto and Villanueva
  4. ^ Qikiqtani Truth Commission: Community Histories 1950–1975
  5. ^ a b c "Sam Ford Fiord". Mapcarta. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
  6. ^ NRC Sam Ford River
  7. ^ "Beluga Mountain". Around Guides. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
  8. ^ North America, Canada, Canadian Arctic, Beluga Mountain and Rock Tower, Sam Ford Fiord, Baffin Island, 1987 - AAJ Climbs And Expeditions, Volume 31, Issue 63 (1989) p. 163
  9. ^ GoogleEarth


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