Adelaide Peninsula

Adelaide Peninsula
Location in Nunavut

Adelaide Peninsula (Iluilik),[1] ancestral home to the Illuilirmiut Inuit,[2] is a large peninsula in Nunavut, Canada. It is located at 68°06′N 097°48′W / 68.100°N 97.800°W / 68.100; -97.800 (Adelaide Peninsula)Coordinates: 68°06′N 097°48′W / 68.100°N 97.800°W / 68.100; -97.800 (Adelaide Peninsula) south of King William Island. Its namesake is Queen Adelaide, consort of King William IV of the United Kingdom.

In 1839 it was reached from the west by Peter Warren Dease and Thomas Simpson. Starvation Cove, on the northern tip of the peninsula, was the southernmost point any of the doomed survivors from the 1845–48 John Franklin expedition are known to have reached on their march south to find help.

References

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


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