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Kekerten Island is an uninhabited island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. Southernmost of the Kikastan Islands, it is located in the Cumberland Sound, off Baffin Island's Cumberland Peninsula. Akulagok Island forms Kekerten Harbour with the island. Tuapait Island lies to the north. Beacon Island, Kekertukdjuak Island, Miliakdjuin Island, Tesseralik Island, and Ugpitimik Island are in the vicinity.[1]
 Kekerten Territorial Park | |
  Kekerten Island  Kekerten Island | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Cumberland Sound |
| Coordinates | 65°42′N 065°48′W |
| Archipelago | Arctic Archipelago |
| Administration | |
Canada | |
| Nunavut | Nunavut |
| Region | Qikiqtaaluk |
| Demographics | |
| Population | Uninhabited |
Kekerten Territorial Park is located on the island.[2]
Scottish whalers had been fishing in the Cumberland Sound since the early 19th century and with the arrival of the American whalers in the 1850s winter stations were established. The Aberdeen whaler, Cpt. William Penny spent several winters around 1883–84 at Kekerten. The anthropologist Franz Boas similarly lived at the Kekerten settlement while studying Baffin Island for 13 months starting in August 1883.[3] In 1915, Kekerten was purchased by Robert Kinnes & Co. and operated as a trading post until it was sold to the Hudson's Bay Company in 1923. With the establishment of the main HBC post at Pangnirtung, Kekerten was abandoned in 1925.
References
- "Kekerten Island". travelingluck.com. Retrieved 22 June 2009.
- "Kekerten Territorial Park". Archived from the original on 2 July 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
- King, Charles (2020). Gods of the Upper Air: How A Circle of Renegade Anthropologists Reinvented Race, Sex and Gender in the 20th Century. New York: Penguin Random House LLC. p. 97. ISBN 978-0-385-54220-3.
External links
- Kekerten Island[permanent dead link] in the Atlas of Canada - Toporama; Natural Resources Canada
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На других языках
[de] Kekerten Island
Kekerten Island (Inuktitut Qikiqtaq) ist eine unbewohnte Insel in der Qikiqtaaluk Region von Nunavut, Kanada. Ihre ehemalige Walfangstation besitzt seit 1985 den Status einer National Historic Site of Canada.[1]- [en] Kekerten Island
[fr] Île Kekerten
L'Île Kekerten (anglais : Kekerten Island) est une île canadienne inhabitée de la baie Cumberland au large de l'île de Baffin à environ 50 km au sud du Pangnirtung. La totalité du territoire de l'île fait partie du parc territorial Kekerten. L'île fut une station baleinière importante pour les chasseurs britanniques et américains en 1840 et 1912.[ru] Кекертен (остров)
Кекертен (англ. Kekerten Island) — остров в заливе Камберленд, близ юго-восточного побережья острова Баффинова Земля. Самый южный в составе группы островов Кикастан. В административном отношении входит в состав региона Кикиктани канадской территории Нунавут. На территории острова располагается одноимённый территориальный парк[1].Другой контент может иметь иную лицензию. Перед использованием материалов сайта WikiSort.org внимательно изучите правила лицензирования конкретных элементов наполнения сайта.
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