Admiralty Inlet is a body of water in Nunavut

Nunavut

Nunavut is the largest and newest federal territory of Canada; it was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999, via the Nunavut Act and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act, though the actual boundaries had been established in 1993...

's Qikiqtaaluk Region. It extends southerly from Lancaster Sound

Lancaster Sound

Lancaster Sound is a body of water in Qikiqtaaluk, Nunavut, Canada. It is located between Devon Island and Baffin Island, forming the eastern portion of the Northwest Passage. East of the sound lies Baffin Bay; to the west lies Viscount Melville Sound...

 along the western shore of Baffin Island

Baffin Island

Baffin Island in the Canadian territory of Nunavut is the largest island in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, the largest island in Canada and the fifth largest island in the world. Its area is and its population is about 11,000...

's Borden Peninsula

Borden Peninsula

The Borden Peninsula is a peninsula on northern Baffin Island, in Nunavut, Canada. It lies south of Lancaster Sound. Northeastern Borden Peninsula is home to Sirmilik National Park.-Geography:Borden Peninsula extends north for . It is - wide....

. The hamlet Arctic Bay

Arctic Bay, Nunavut

Arctic Bay is an Inuit hamlet located in the northern part of the Borden Peninsula on Baffin Island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. Arctic Bay is located in the Eastern Time Zone although it is quite close to the time zone boundary. The predominant languages are Inuktitut and English...

 is located on Uluksan Peninsula, a landform that juts into Admiralty Inlet south of Sirmilik National Park

Sirmilik National Park

Sirmilik National Park is a protected area located in Qikiqtaaluk, Nunavut, Canada. It was established in 2001. Situated within the Arctic Cordillera, it is composed of three areas: most of Bylot Island with the exception for a few areas that are Inuit-owned lands, Oliver Sound, and Baffin...

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Several waterways extend from it, including Elwin Inlet

Elwin Inlet

Elwin Inlet is a body of water in Nunavut's Qikiqtaaluk Region. It lies on the eastern side of the mouth of Admiralty Inlet, forming a border to Sirmilik National Park. To the south lie Baillarge Bay and the hamlet of Arctic Bay ....

, Baillarge Bay

Baillarge Bay

Baillarge Bay is an Arctic waterway in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is the second waterway to press eastward from Admiralty Inlet into Baffin Island...

, Strathcona Sound, Victor Bay

Victor Bay

Victor Bay is a bay about 16 nautical miles wide and 7 nautical miles long, indenting the coast between Pourquoi Pas Point and Mathieu Rock, Antarctica. The bay is marked by an extensive chain of icebergs breaking away from the high tongue of Commandant Charcot Glacier. It was delineated from...

, Adams Sound, Levasseur Inlet

Levasseur Inlet

Levasseur Inlet is a body of water in Nunavut's Qikiqtaaluk Region. It lies on the eastern side of Admiralty Inlet on Baffin Island's Borden Peninsula.-External links:*...

, and Moffet Inlet

Moffet Inlet

Moffet Inlet is a body of water in Nunavut's Qikiqtaaluk Region. It lies on the eastern side of Admiralty Inlet on Baffin Island's Borden Peninsula. The Inuit hamlet of Arctic Bay is located south/southeast of the inlet....

, before it ends at Jungersen Bay. There are many islands within Admiralty Inlet including, Peter Richards Islands

Peter Richards Islands

The Peter Richards Islands are members of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago in the territory of Nunavut. They are located in Baffin Island's Admiralty Inlet....

, Yeoman Island

Yeoman Island

Yeoman Island is an uninhabited member of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago in the territory of Nunavut. Located in Admiralty Inlet, it is an irregularly shaped Baffin Island offshore island....

 and Saneruarsuk Islands

Saneruarsuk Islands

The uninhabited Saneruarsuk Islands are members of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago in the territory of Nunavut. They are irregularly shaped, Baffin Island offshore islands, located in Admiralty Inlet....

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Admiralty Inlet sustains a large population of narwhal

Narwhal

The narwhal, Monodon monoceros, is a medium-sized toothed whale that lives year-round in the Arctic. One of two living species of whale in the Monodontidae family, along with the beluga whale, the narwhal males are distinguished by a characteristic long, straight, helical tusk extending from their...

s. Caribou, polar bear

Polar Bear

The polar bear is a bear native largely within the Arctic Circle encompassing the Arctic Ocean, its surrounding seas and surrounding land masses. It is the world's largest land carnivore and also the largest bear, together with the omnivorous Kodiak Bear, which is approximately the same size...

s, and walrus

Walrus

The walrus is a large flippered marine mammal with a discontinuous circumpolar distribution in the Arctic Ocean and sub-Arctic seas of the Northern Hemisphere. The walrus is the only living species in the Odobenidae family and Odobenus genus. It is subdivided into three subspecies: the Atlantic...

 frequent the area.

History

Admiralty Inlet was first charted by Admiral Sir Edward Parry

William Edward Parry

Sir William Edward Parry was an English rear-admiral and Arctic explorer, who in 1827 attempted one of the earliest expeditions to the North Pole...

in 1820.