Cumberland Sound

Cumberland Sound is a body of water between Baffin Island's Hall Peninsula and the Cumberland Peninsula in the Canadian territory of Nunavut. It is approximately 250 km long and 80 km wide. It is home to the Cumberland Sound Beluga whale, an endangered species thought to reside year-round in the sound, with summers spent at the northern end. Orcas also use the sound.

Small islands litter the stretch of water which was formed from glacial activity and meltwater produced from the receding glacier.^{[citation needed]}

The only settlement located on the shore of the sound on the Cumberland Peninsula is Pangnirtung.

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