Tasiujarjuaq (Inuktitut syllabics: ᑕᓯᐅᔭᕐᔪᐊᖅ,[1] meaning "big lake-like lake") formerly Soper Lake[2] is a large, irregularly shaped lake in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is located on Baffin Island's Meta Incognita Peninsula. The Inuit name references the lake's meromictic attribute, a mixture of fresh and salt water caused by a set of reversing falls and 9–10 m (30–33 ft) tides in Pleasant Inlet. The fresh water of Soper River drains into the lake which then drains into the salt water of Pleasant Inlet before reaching the Arctic Ocean.
| Tasiujarjuaq | |
|---|---|
 Tasiujarjuaq near Kimmirut | |
  Tasiujarjuaq | |
| Location | Baffin Island, Nunavut |
| Coordinates | 62°53′08″N 69°53′20″W |
| Primary inflows | Soper River |
| Primary outflows | Pleasant Inlet |
| Basin countries | Canada |
| Settlements | Kimmirut |
The hamlet of Kimmirut (previously, Lake Harbour) is situated at Glasgow Bay. In 1911, Hudson's Bay Company established its first south Baffin trading post at Lake Harbour.[3]
The river and lake were named by Canadian biologist and Arctic explorer, J. Dewey Soper who travelled in the area in 1931.[4]
Fauna
The lake is home to Greenland cod.
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