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Inuksuk
An
inuksuk
(plural
inuksuit
) (from the
Inuktitut
: ᐃᓄᒃᓱᒃ, plural ᐃᓄᒃᓱᐃᑦ; alternatively
inukhuk
in
Inuinnaqtun
,
inussuk
in
Greenlandic
or
inukshuk
in
English
) is a human-made stone landmark or
cairn
used by the
Inuit
,
Inupiat
,
Kalaallit
,
Yupik
, and other peoples of the
Arctic
region of
North America
. These structures are found from
Alaska
to
Greenland
. This region, above the
Arctic Circle
, is dominated by the
tundra
biome
and has areas with few natural landmarks.
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