Sirmilik National Park

Infobox_protected_area|name=Sirmilik National Park
iucn_category=II

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caption=Location of "Sirmilik National Park" in Canada
locator_x=142
locator_y=50
location=Nunavut, Canada
nearest_city=Pond Inlet
lat_degrees=72
lat_minutes=20
lat_seconds=26
lat_direction=N
long_degrees=78
long_minutes=26
long_seconds=04
long_direction=W
area= 22,200 km²
established=1999
visitation_num=
visitation_year=
governing_body=Parks Canada

Sirmilik National Park is a national park located in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. Meaning "the place of glaciers" in native tongue, Sirmilik was established in 1999 and is within the Arctic Cordillera. Much of the park is bordered by water:
* To the north: Parry Channel, Lancaster Sound, Baffin Bay
* Separating Baffin Island from Bylot island: Navy Board Inlet
* East: Baffin Bay
* West: Admiralty Inlet and Elwin Inlet
* South: Pond Inlet, Eclipse Sound

The park is comprised of three areas, Bylot Island, Oliver Sound and the Borden Peninsula.

Gallery

ee also

*National Parks of Canada
*List of National Parks of Canada
*List of Nunavut parks

Further reading

* Pynn, Larry. 2003. "ADVENTURE - JOURNEY TO SIRMILIK - Two Travellers Brave Winds, Shifting Ice Floes and Roiling Arctic Seas for a Glimpse of Canada's Newest National Park". "Canadian Geographic". 123, no. 2: 34.

External links

* [http://pc.gc.ca/pn-np/nu/sirmilik/index_e.asp Sirmilik National Park official website]