Foxe Peninsula

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Foxe Peninsula, Nunavut, Canada.██ Nunavut██ Greenland██ Quebec██ Newfoundland and Labrador██ Manitoba██ Ontario
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Foxe Peninsula, Nunavut, Canada.██ Nunavut██ Greenland██ Quebec██ Newfoundland and Labrador██ Manitoba██ Ontario

Foxe Peninsula is a peninsula found at the southern end of Baffin Island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. It juts out from the southerly end of the island in a southwestly direction, dividing Foxe Basin and Hudson Strait. Its western extremity is Cape Queen; to the southeast lies the Inuit hamlet of Cape Dorset.

The peninsula is named for the English explorer Luke Foxe.


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