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Quttinirpaaq, Canada’s northernmost national park

Tanquary Fiord, Quttinirpaaq National Park.
Tanquary Fiord, Quttinirpaaq National Park. Tanquary Fiord 2 1997-08-05 · Ansgar Walk · Photo source · Photo licence: CC BY-SA 2.5. Resized for display; item previews may be cropped. The image remains under the licence shown.
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Quttinirpaaq, Inuktitut for “land at the top of the world,” is Canada’s northernmost national park, in Nunavut. Jagged black peaks and massive glaciers rise above its tundra, where muskoxen and Peary caribou roam and archaeological sites go back thousands of years.

Scope & context

The park as described on its Parks Canada page.

Sources behind this record

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Quttinirpaaq National Park ↗

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