Melville Peninsula

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This article describes the peninsula in the Canadian Arctic. For the peninsula of the same name in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands see Melville Peninsula (King George Island) .

Melville Peninsula / Melville Peninsula
Boothia and Melville Peninsulas, Nunavut, Canada
Geographical location
Coordinates	68 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  N , 84 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  W Coordinates: 68 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  N , 84 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  W
Waters 1	Foxe Basin , Fury and Hecla Street
Waters 2	Gulf of Boothia

The Melville Peninsula ( English Melville Peninsula ) is a large peninsula in the Canadian Arctic . Since 1999 it has belonged to the newly founded Nunavut , before that it was part of the Franklin District ( Northwest Territories ). The Fury and Hecla Straits separates the peninsula from Baffin Island . To the east of the peninsula is the Foxe Basin , to the west is the Gulf of Boothia .