An inuksuk or inukshuk is a type of stone landmark or cairn built by, and for the use of, Inuit, Iñupiat, Kalaallit, Yupik, and other peoples of the Arctic region of North America. These structures are found in northern Canada, Greenland, and Alaska. This combined region, north of the Arctic Circle, is dominated by the tundra biome and has areas with few natural landmarks.
An inuksuk at the Foxe Peninsula, Nunavut, Canada
Inuksuit at the Foxe Peninsula (Baffin Island), Canada.
Unveiling ceremony of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games emblem, "Ilanaaq the inukshuk", April 24, 2005
The Monterrey Inuksuk is unveiled by Canada's ambassador to Mexico and the governor of Nuevo León
A cairn is a human-made pile of stones raised for a purpose, usually as a marker or as a burial mound. The word cairn comes from the Scottish Gaelic: càrn.
A cairn marking a mountain summit in Graubünden, Switzerland.
The biggest cairn in Ireland, Maeve's Cairn on Knocknarea.
One of the cairns at Carrowkeel Megalithic Cemetery in Ireland, which covers a passage tomb.
Cairn of the Neolithic-era passage tomb on Gavrinis island, Brittany