Dorset Island

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Dorset Island is a small island in Nunavut, Canada, known for the Inuit community of Kinngait (formerly Cape Dorset) and its internationally renowned Inuit art.

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Label Occurrences
Dorset Island canonical 3

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Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf island ⓘ
access served by Cape Dorset Airport ⓘ
linked to: Cape Dorset Airport
administrativeTerritory Nunavut ⓘ
artStyle etching and lithography ⓘ
modern Inuit graphic art ⓘ
stonecut prints ⓘ
climate Arctic climate ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
elevation low-lying island ⓘ
governingBody Government of Nunavut ⓘ
Kinngait hamlet council ⓘ
hasCulturalHeritage Inuit culture ⓘ
linked to: Inuit
hasCulturalInstitution Kinngait Studios ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity art production ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup Inuit ⓘ
hasFormerName Cape Dorset Island ⓘ
linked to: Cape Dorset
hasFormerSettlementName Cape Dorset ⓘ
hasInhabitedPlace Kinngait ⓘ
hasLanguage English ⓘ
Inuktitut ⓘ
hasNotableOutput annual Inuit print collections ⓘ
hasSettlement Kinngait ⓘ
knownFor Inuit art ⓘ
Inuit sculpture ⓘ
printmaking ⓘ
stone carving ⓘ
locatedIn Arctic Archipelago ⓘ
Hudson Strait ⓘ
Nunavut ⓘ
Qikiqtaaluk Region ⓘ
namedAfter Cape Dorset ⓘ
nearbyWaterBody Foxe Peninsula ⓘ
Hudson Strait ⓘ
partOf Canadian Arctic ⓘ
populationCenter Kinngait ⓘ
regionType remote northern community area ⓘ
timeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
transport air transport via regional flights ⓘ
small boat access in ice-free season ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cape Dorset → locatedOn → Dorset Island ⓘ
Cape Dorset Airport → locatedOn → Dorset Island ⓘ
Dorset culture → namedAfter → Dorset Island ⓘ