Adelaide Peninsula

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Adelaide Peninsula (Iluilik)[1], ancestral home to the Illuilirmiut Inuits,[2] is a large peninsula in Nunavut, Canada. It is located at 68.0833333° N 97.8333333° W south of King William Island.

Starvation Cove, on the northern tip of the peninsula, was the southermost point that the doomed survivors of the 1845-48 John Franklin expedition reached on their march south to find help.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Darren Keith, Jerry Arqviq (November 23, 2006). Environmental Change, Polar Bears and Adaptation in the East Kitikmeot: An Initial Assessment Final Report. Kitikmeot Heritage Society. Retrieved on 2008-01-23.
  2. ^ Sherman Inlet Post. Kitikmeotheritage.ca. Retrieved on 2008-01-11.


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