Hall Lake
Hall Lake | ||
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Geographical location | Nunavut (Canada) | |
Tributaries | Hall River | |
Drain | Ikerasak River | |
Islands | Walrus Island , Kite Island | |
Location close to the shore | Hall Beach | |
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Coordinates | 68 ° 41 ′ N , 82 ° 17 ′ W | |
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Altitude above sea level | 6 m | |
surface | 474 km² | |
length | 48 km | |
width | 16 km |
Hall Lake is a lake in the east of the Melville Peninsula in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of the Canadian territory of Nunavut .
The lake is 6 m high. Hall Lake is drained in the south over the 5 km long Ikerasak River to Roche Bay , a side bay of the Foxe Basin .
In the far north at Sarvaq Inlet , the lake is only 2 km from the Foxe Basin. In the extreme south, the lake approaches up to 3 km of the east coast of the Melville Peninsula. The total area of the lake is 491 km², of which 474 km² are water. There are two larger islands in the lake: Walrus Island and Kite Island .
The Inuit settlement Hall Beach is 30 km east of the lake on the east coast of the Melville Peninsula.