Qajartalik

Qajartalik, on the Qajartalik peninsula of Qikertaaluk Island in Nunavut, is the northernmost known rock art site in North America and preserves more than 150 soapstone carvings, mostly human faces. The petroglyphs are attributed to the Dorset people, making the site a rare surviving link to their culture, though its exact age remains uncertain because it has not been scientifically dated. The carvings appear on soapstone outcrops that were also quarried for lamps, containers, cooking pots, and sculpture material by Dorset people and later by Thule and Inuit. Documented in the 1960s and more extensively inventoried in 1996, the site later drew preservation concern and was put forward for UNESCO recognition.

Nunavut · Canada