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Melville Peninsula, the Glossary

24 relations: Arctic, Baffin Island, District of Franklin, Foxe Basin, Frozen Strait, Fury and Hecla Strait, Geografiska Annaler, Gulf of Boothia, Hudson Bay, Igloolik, Igloolik Airport, John Rae (explorer), Kivalliq Region, Melville Island (Northwest Territories and Nunavut), Melville Peninsula, Naujaat, Nunavut, Peter Freuchen, Qikiqtaaluk Region, Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville, Sanirajak, Southampton Island, Therkel Mathiassen, William Edward Parry.
Peninsulas of Qikiqtaaluk Region

Arctic

The Arctic is a polar region located at the northernmost part of Earth.

Baffin Island (formerly Baffin Land), in the Canadian territory of Nunavut, is the largest island in Canada, the second largest island in the Americas (behind Greenland), and the fifth-largest island in the world.

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District of Franklin

The District of Franklin was a regional administrative district of Canada's Northwest Territories.

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Foxe Basin

Foxe Basin is a shallow oceanic basin north of Hudson Bay, in Nunavut, Canada, located between Baffin Island and the Melville Peninsula.

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Frozen Strait

Frozen Strait is a waterway in Nunavut just north of Hudson Bay between the Melville Peninsula to the north and Southampton Island to the south.

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Fury and Hecla Strait

Fury and Hecla Strait is a narrow (from wide) Arctic seawater channel located in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada.

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Geografiska Annaler

Geografiska Annaler is a scientific journal published by the Swedish Society for Anthropology and Geography in Stockholm, Sweden.

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Gulf of Boothia

The Gulf of Boothia is a body of water in Nunavut, Canada.

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Hudson Bay

Hudson Bay, sometimes called Hudson's Bay (usually historically), is a large body of saltwater in northeastern Canada with a surface area of.

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Igloolik

Igloolik (Inuktitut syllabics: ᐃᒡᓗᓕᒃ, Iglulik) is an Inuit hamlet in Foxe Basin, Qikiqtaaluk Region in Nunavut, northern Canada.

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Igloolik Airport

Igloolik Airport (Inuktitut: ᐃᒡᓗᓕᒃ ᒥᑦᑕᕐᕕᐊ Iglulik Mittarvia) is located at Igloolik, Nunavut, Canada, and is operated by the government of Nunavut.

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John Rae (explorer)

John Rae (i,; 30 September 1813 – 22 July 1893) was a Scottish surgeon who explored parts of northern Canada.

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Kivalliq Region

The Kivalliq Region (Inuktitut syllabics: ᑭᕙᓪᓕᖅ) is an administrative region of Nunavut, Canada.

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Melville Island (Northwest Territories and Nunavut)

Melville IslandCoordinates are located on the NWT side.

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Melville Peninsula

Melville Peninsula is a large peninsula in the Canadian Arctic north of Hudson Bay. Melville Peninsula and Melville Peninsula are peninsulas of Qikiqtaaluk Region.

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Naujaat

Naujaat (lit), Anglicised and officially known until 2 July 2015 as Repulse Bay, is an Inuit hamlet situated on the Arctic Circle.

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Nunavut

Nunavut (ᓄᓇᕗᑦ) is the largest and northernmost territory of Canada.

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Peter Freuchen

Lorenz Peter Elfred Freuchen (20 February 1886 – 2 September 1957) was a Danish explorer, author, journalist and anthropologist.

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Qikiqtaaluk Region

The Qikiqtaaluk Region, Qikiqtani Region (Inuktitut syllabics: ᕿᑭᖅᑖᓗᒃ) or the Baffin Region is the easternmost, northernmost, and southernmost administrative region of Nunavut, Canada.

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Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville

Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville, (14 March 1771 – 10 June 1851) was a British statesman, the son of Henry Dundas, the 1st Viscount.

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Sanirajak

Sanirajak (Inuktitut meaning the shoreline), Syllabics: ᓴᓂᕋᔭᒃ), formerly known as Hall Beach until 27 February 2020, is an Inuit settlement within the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada, approximately south of Igloolik.

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Southampton Island

Southampton Island (Inuktitut: Shugliaq) is a large island at the entrance to Hudson Bay at Foxe Basin.

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Therkel Mathiassen

Therkel Mathiassen (5 September 1892, in Favrbo, Denmark – 14 March 1967) was a Danish archaeologist, anthropologist, cartographer, and ethnographer notable for his scientific study of the Arctic.

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William Edward Parry

Sir William Edward Parry (19 December 1790 – 8 July 1855) was a Royal Navy officer and explorer best known for his 1819–1820 expedition through the Parry Channel, probably the most successful in the long quest for the Northwest Passage, until it was finally negotiated by Roald Amundsen in 1906.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melville_Peninsula

Also known as "Rae Isthmus", Rae Isthmus.