Adelaide Peninsula
| Adelaide Peninsula / Adelaide Peninsula / Illuiliq | ||
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| Coordinates | 68 ° 6 ′ N , 97 ° 48 ′ W | |
| Waters 1 | Sherman Basin , Sherman Inlet , Queen Maud Gulf | |
| Waters 2 | Simpson Strait , Rasmussen Basin , Chantrey Inlet | |
| length | 125 km | |
| width | 85 km | |
The Adelaide Peninsula ( English Adelaide Peninsula , Inuktitut Illuiliq ) is a barely inhabited peninsula in the center of the Canadian territory of Nunavut .
It is connected to the mainland via the McCrary Isthmus . It is bounded in the east by the Chantrey Inlet and the Rasmussen Basin , in the northeast by the Simpson Strait , in the northwest by the Queen Maud Gulf and in the southwest by the Sherman Inlet and the Sherman Basin , an inland bay the size of Lake Constance . The Adelaide Peninsula is separated from the Klutschak Peninsula by the narrow Sherman Inlet and from King William Island by the Simpson Strait . It is named after Queen Adelheid von Sachsen-Meiningen , the wife of King Wilhelm IV of Great Britain.
On Simpson Strait is Starvation Cove , the southernmost point that was verifiably reached in 1848 by members of the Franklin Expedition on their march south.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Darren Keith: Inuit Qaujimaningit Nanurnut Inuit Knowledge of Polar Bears (PDF; 7.0 MB). Gjoa Haven Hunters 'and Trappers' Organization and CCI Press, 2005, Appendix 5.