Adelaide Peninsula

Adelaide Peninsula

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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 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 Franklin's lost expedition of 1845-48 are known to have reached on their march south to find help.

See also

• Royal eponyms in Canada

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. Archived from the original on 2009-03-26. Retrieved 2008-01-23.
2. "Sherman Inlet Post" (PDF). Kitikmeotheritage.ca. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-22. Retrieved 2008-01-11.