▁Gla ci ers ▁moved ▁om ars ▁from ▁the ▁sout he astern ▁part ▁of ▁Hudson ▁Bay ▁to ▁central ▁Canada ▁and ▁into ▁the ▁U . S . ▁where ▁they ▁were ▁depos ited ▁on ▁mor aines . ▁Because ▁scient ists ▁know ▁precisely ▁where ▁they ▁came ▁from ▁they ▁are ▁very ▁valuable ▁in ▁document ing ▁the ▁movement ▁of ▁gla ci ers . ▁ ▁Et ym ology ▁ ▁There ▁is ▁uncertainty ▁on ▁how ▁to ▁translate ▁the ▁proper ▁name ▁O mar oll uk ▁( and ▁om ar ▁rocks ). ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁records ▁of ▁the ▁Canada ▁Centre ▁for ▁M apping ▁and ▁Earth ▁Observ ation ▁Natural ▁Resources , ▁the ▁features ▁O mar oll uk ▁Sound ▁and ▁O mar oll uk ▁Form ation ▁were ▁named ▁after ▁O mar oll uk , ▁an ▁In uit ▁man ▁who ▁accompanied ▁and ▁gu ided ▁R . ▁J . ▁F lah ert y ▁on ▁numerous ▁ge ological ▁surve ys ▁of ▁the ▁Bel cher ▁Islands ▁and ▁elsewhere ▁in ▁the ▁Canadian ▁north . ▁He ▁was ▁probably ▁an ▁In u kt itut - dia lect ▁speaker ▁from ▁the ▁eastern ▁coast ▁of ▁Hudson ▁ ▁Bay . ▁The ▁sp elling ▁likely ▁varied ▁from ▁the ▁originally ▁pron ounced ▁but ▁un record ed ▁a ural ▁form ▁of ▁the ▁name . ▁Despite ▁the ▁expected ▁natural - feature ▁design ations , ▁O mar oll uk ▁was ▁surely ▁an ▁actual ▁person . ▁There ▁are ▁three ▁possible ▁transl ations , ▁as ▁follows : ▁( 1 ) ▁Best : ▁In ▁the ▁sub dia lect ▁( It iv imi ut ) ▁of ▁the ▁N un av ik ▁dialect ▁of ▁In