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3About Cape Dorset, NU
Cape Dorset, or Kinngait, sits on Baffin Island's south coast and has no road link to anywhere else in the country, so the only way in is by plane through Iqaluit or, in summer, by sealift. YTE airport is right in town, about a kilometer from the center. Local driving is limited to gravel roads between houses, the co-op, and the harbor. Worth knowing: this small community is the heart of Inuit printmaking, home to the West Baffin Eskimo Co-operative's famous studio.
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Cape Dorset, NU is in Canada, at 64.224, -76.540.
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The closest airport to Cape Dorset, NU is Cape Dorset Airport, 1 km (about 3 min by car).