Resolute Bay, Nunavut (Canada)

Qausuittuq, ᖃᐅᓱᐃᑦᑐᖅ

Last modified: 2012-08-09 by rob raeside
Keywords: resolute | nunavut | inukshuk | moose head | earth | walrus | seal | narwhal | polar bear | inuit |
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image by Eugene Ipavec, 22 June 2010

• Description of the flag

See also:

• Nunavut
• Canada

Outside links:

• Clickable map of Nunavut (government of Nunavut)
• Flag on flickr.coom
• Wikipedia: Resolute

Description of the flag

The Earth in the center is populated with (clockwise) an inukshuk, a moose head, a walrus, a seal, a narwhal, a polar bear, and a spear-wielding Inuit.
Eugene Ipavec, 22 June 2010

The writing on the blue part of the rim, seems to read "ᕼᐊᒪᓚᐜᒋᑦ ᕋᓴᓗᑦ ᐸᐃ" ᕼᐊᒪᓚᐜᒋᑦ ᕋᓴᓗᑦ ᐸᐃ (H-amalaaicit Rasalot Pai).

The town’s Inuit name is given in the English Wikipedia article above as ᖃᐅᓱᐃᑦᑐᖅ ᖃᐅᓱᐃᑦᑐᖅ (Rkaosoittork) = Qausuittuq, which is not the name on the flag, which seems to be rather a inuitization of the English/French name Resolute.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 23 June 2010

A photo of the flag of Resolute (sometimes Resolute Bay) can be seen here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/96948747@N00/2416968663.
Aleksandar Nemet, 1 September 2009