Nuvvuagittuq
English
Etymology
From Inuktitut (Nunatsiavummiutut dialect)
Proper noun
Nuvvuagittuq
- The area on the eastern shore of Hudson Bay that is the location of the Nuvvuagittuq greenstone belt, possibly the oldest known terrestrial rock formation, between 3.75 and 4.3 billion years old, possibly bearing traces of early life.
Further reading
Nuvvuagittuq greenstone belt on Wikipedia.Wikipedia