Cape Dorset

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Cape Dorset is a remote Inuit hamlet on Dorset Island in Nunavut, Canada, renowned as a major center for Inuit art and printmaking.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Inuit community
hamlet
settlement in Nunavut
administrativeTerritory Nunavut
climate Arctic climate
country Canada
ethnicGroup Inuit
governingBody hamlet council
hasAirport Cape Dorset Airport
hasArtCenter Kinngait Studios
hasArtCooperative West Baffin Eskimo Co-operative
hasCulturalSignificance important center of contemporary Inuit art
major center of Inuit printmaking
hasDemographics predominantly Inuit population
hasEconomicActivity art production
fishing
hunting
tourism
hasEducationFacility local school
hasEnvironment tundra landscape
hasHealthFacility health centre
hasIndigenousPeople Inuit
hasNotableArtForm annual print collections
hasRelief rocky terrain
hasWildlife Arctic marine mammals
seabirds
knownFor Inuit art
Inuit sculpture
graphic arts
printmaking
soapstone carving
stonecut prints
locatedIn Arctic Archipelago
Qikiqtaaluk Region
surface form: Baffin Island region

Arctic region
surface form: Canadian Arctic

Nunavut
Qikiqtaaluk Region
locatedOn Dorset Island
locatedOnCoastOf Hudson Strait
officialInNunavut recognized hamlet
partOf Inuit Nunangat
populationGroup small population
primaryLanguage Inuktitut
regionType remote community
secondaryLanguage English
timeZone Eastern Time Zone
transportAccess air travel
seasonal sealift

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Hudson Strait nearbySettlement Cape Dorset
Qikiqtaaluk Region contains Cape Dorset
Foxe Basin hasCoastlineCommunity Cape Dorset
Kinngait Studios locatedIn Cape Dorset
this entity surface form: Cape Dorset (former name of Kinngait)
Cape Dorset Airport serves Cape Dorset
this entity surface form: Inuit community of Kinngait
Cape Dorset Airport servesFormerNameCommunity Cape Dorset
this entity surface form: Cape Dorset, Nunavut
Dorset culture archaeologicalSite Cape Dorset