Barrier Inlet

Barrier Inlet

Barrier Inlet (coord|62|28|N|68|45|W) [cite web |url=http://www.geonames.org/advanced-search.html?continentCode=NA&country=&fclass=&q=inlet |title=Barrier Inlet |accessdate=2008-09-18 |last= |first= |coauthors= |date= |work= |publisher=geonames.org] 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. Reversing Falls lie near the mouth of the inlet. Shaftesbury Inlet is to the northwest, while Balcom Inlet is to the southeast

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