Kangiqtualuk Uqquqti
Kangiqtualuk Uqquqti (Inuktitut syllabics: "ᑲᖏᖅᑐᐊᓗᒃ ᐅᖅᑯᖅᑎ") formerly Sam Ford Fiord is an isolated, elongated Arctic fjord on Baffin Island's northeastern coast in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. The Inuit settlement of Pond Inlet is to the northwest and Clyde River is to the east. This fjord is reputed for the harsh beauty of its landscapes with rocky cliffs rising steeply from the shore. It is also a popular place with climbers. History. Kangiqtualuk Uqquqti had been one of the traditional hunting areas of the Inuit. It was renamed in memory of Inuk linguist Sam Ford, who  died in a helicopter crash but it has since reverted to its original name. Geography. Kangiqtualuk Uqquqti stretches roughly from north northeast to south southwest for about . Its mouth, located between the Remote Peninsula and Erik Point, is over wide, the width of the fjord narrowing gradually to an average of about inland. Kangiqtualuk Agguqti is a tributary fjord branching west from the fjord's western shore about to the south of its mouth. The Stewart Valley —with Sail Peaks stretches northwards from Walker Arm's northwest corner and connects with the neighbouring Gibbs Fiord. Swiss Bay is a smaller  inlet on the eastern shore of Sam Ford Fiord connecting through Ottawa Creek and Atagulisaktalik with the inner reaches of neighbouring Arviqtujuq Kangiqtua in the east. The Sam Ford River discharges its waters at the head of the fjord further south and Qikiqtakuluk is located within the inner section of the fjord off a small bay to the north northeast of the river's mouth. Sam Ford Fiord is known for its glaciers and its awe-inspiring stark granite cliffs, rising steeply from its shores to heights up to above sea level in the area near Swiss Bay. Among the  most impressive summits by the fjord Beluga Mountain, Rock Tower, Walrus Head Mountain, Broad Peak, Ottawa Peak, Sikunga Mountain, Turnagain Peak, and the Paalik Peak deserve mention. A massive cliff on the eastern shore located at a bend in the fjord from its mouth at has a vertical wall dropping from a height of to the fjord's waters.