Hall Lake

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Hall Lake
Geographical location Nunavut (Canada)
Tributaries Hall River
Drain Ikerasak River
Islands Walrus Island , Kite Island
Location close to the shore Hall Beach
Data
Coordinates 68 ° 41 ′  N , 82 ° 17 ′  W Coordinates: 68 ° 41 ′  N , 82 ° 17 ′  W
Hall Lake (Nunavut)
Hall Lake
Altitude above sea level m
surface 474 km²
length 48 km
width 16 km
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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.

Individual evidence

  1. a b c Natural Resources Canada - The Atlas of Canada - Lakes ( Memento from January 14, 2013 in the Internet Archive )