Canada
Quttinirpaaq
Quttinirpaaq National Park of Canada (37 775 km2) covers the northern portion of Ellesmere Island. Unique physical features are the ancient deposits of 80 m-thick freshwater ice shelves that extend several kilometres out over the Arctic Ocean. All pre-contact cultural groups known to have occupied High Arctic Canada, including Independence I (4500-3000 years ago) and Independence II (ca. 3000-2500 years ago), Late Dorset (ca. 1300-800 years ago) and Thule (ca. 900-300 years ago), are represented by archaeological sites in the park, and thus has the highest concentrations of pre-contact sites surveyed in the High Arctic, including sites associated with the earliest documented human inhabitants of this remote region.
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Official Information
- Full Name
- Quttinirpaaq (ID: 1943)
- Country
- Canada
- Status
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On tentative list 2004
Site history
History of Quttinirpaaq
- 2004: Added to Tentative List
- Added to tentative list
- Type
- Mixed
- Criteria
Links
- UNESCO
- whc.unesco.org
- Related
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- pc.gc.ca — Parks Canada
All Links
UNESCO.org
- whc.unesco.org — whc.unesco.org
Related Resources
- pc.gc.ca — Parks Canada
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- Community Category
- Natural landscape: Glaciation
- Archaeological site: Pre-Columbian
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