Storkerson Peninsula

	Storkerson Peninsula
	Geographical location
Coordinates	72 ° 30 ′ N , 106 ° 30 ′ W Coordinates: 72 ° 30 ′ N , 106 ° 30 ′ W
Waters 1	Hadley Bay
Waters 2	McClintock Canal
length	220 km
width	94 km

Storkerson Peninsula is a peninsula of Victoria Island in the Canadian territory of Nunavut . It separates the McClintock Canal from Hadley Bay .

Storkerson Peninsula is approximately 220 kilometers long and up to 94 kilometers wide. It is named after Størker Størkersen , who was called Storker Storkerson in Canada , a Norwegian participant in several Arctic expeditions who mapped the northeast coast of Victoria Island in the winter of 1915/16.

Individual evidence

↑ Storkerson Peninsula , Natural Resources Canada, accessed February 12, 2018.
↑ Størker Størkersen on the Norsk Polarhistorie website , accessed on February 22, 2018 (Norwegian).

^ William James Mills: Exploring Polar Frontiers - A Historical Encyclopedia . tape 2 . ABC-CLIO, 2003, ISBN 1-57607-422-6 , pp. 678–680 (English, limited preview in Google Book Search).

[1] Storkerson Peninsula , Natural Resources Canada, accessed February 12, 2018.

[2] Størker Størkersen on the Norsk Polarhistorie website , accessed on February 22, 2018 (Norwegian).

[3] William James Mills: Exploring Polar Frontiers - A Historical Encyclopedia . tape 2 . ABC-CLIO, 2003, ISBN 1-57607-422-6 , pp. 678–680 (English, limited preview in Google Book Search).