Gjoa Haven ( ; Inuktitut: Uqsuqtuuq, syllabics: ᐅᖅᓱᖅᑑᖅ Pronunciation-needed, meaning "lots of fat", referring to the abundance of sea mammals in the nearby waters; ) is an Inuit hamlet in Nunavut, above the Arctic Circle, located in the Kitikmeot Region, 1056 kilometers northeast of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories.