Pingo Canadian Landmark
Pingo Canadian Landmark (Ibyuk)
Ice-cored hills called pingos dot the area near Tuktoyaktuk. Ibyuk, about 49 metres high, is the tallest pingo in Canada.
A pingo is a small hill formed when ground ice in permafrost pushes up the land surface. Around the Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula there are roughly 1,350 of them, about a quarter of all known pingos on Earth. The Pingo Canadian Landmark, managed by Parks Canada, centres on Ibyuk, a pingo about 49 metres tall that is still slowly growing. You can see it from the village. In summer, you can hire a local guide to take you there by boat and climb to the top on a wooden boardwalk. The site has no facilities, so bring your own mosquito repellent.
Opening hours
Summer (must join a boat tour)
Nearby sights
- Tuktoyaktuk & Arctic Ocean
- Jàk Territorial Park
- Western Arctic Regional Visitor Centre
- Boot Lake
- Inuvik Community Greenhouse
- Midnight Sun Mosque
- Our Lady of Victory (Igloo) Church
- Inuvik Utilidors