nunavut
geographical name(Nu-na-vut)
semiautonomous territory of northeastern Canada, created in 1999 from the eastern two-thirds of the Northwest Territories and consisting of a mainland part, parts of Victoria and Melville islands, and all of the islands in the Arctic Archipelago east of 110° west; capital Iqaluit area 725,015 square miles (1,877,788 square kilometers), population 31,906