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Kanajjut

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Kanajjut (Inuktitut syllabics: ᑲᓇᔾᔪᑦ[1]), formerly Wight Inlet,[2] is a body of water in Nunavut's Qikiqtaaluk Region. It lies in western Hudson Strait, forming a wedge into Baffin Island's Meta Incognita Peninsula and the western slopes of the Everett Mountains.

Coordinates62°15′32″N 068°13′39″W
TypeInlet
Ocean/sea sources
Hudson Strait
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Kanajjut
Kanajjut is located in Nunavut
Kanajjut
Kanajjut
Location in Nunavut
LocationBaffin Island, Nunavut
Coordinates62°15′32″N 068°13′39″W
TypeInlet
Ocean/sea sources
Hudson Strait
Basin countriesCanada
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It was, for a time, named after Sergeant James Edward Freeman Wight, North-West Mounted Police and Royal Canadian Mounted Police, who had been involved with the arrest of Uloqsaq and Sinnisiak.

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