Ungava Peninsula
| Ungava Peninsula | ||
 The Ungava Peninsula and the Hudson Bay (satellite photo) |
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| Coordinates | 60 ° N , 74 ° W | |
| Waters 1 | Ungava Bay , Hudson Street | |
| Waters 2 | Hudson Bay | |
| width | 500 km | |
| surface | 252,000 km² | |
 Location of the Ungava Peninsula |
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The Ungava Peninsula ( English Ungava Peninsula , French Péninsule d'Ungava ) is a peninsula in eastern Canada . As the northern part of the Labrador Peninsula , it is now part of the Nunavik region belonging to the province of Québec and is its northernmost point at Cape Wolstenholme . Until 1912, the Ungava Peninsula was part of the Northwest Territories as the Ungava area .
The Ungava Peninsula is located on the Canadian Shield , covers an area of 252,000 km² and is relatively flat: At around 500 kilometers wide and slightly longer, the highest point in the Monts de Puvirnituq is only 693 m above sea level at 61 ° 38 ′ 17, 4 " N , 72 ° 44 '14.1" W . Another elevation with 657 m is the edge of the meteorite crater Pingualuit . The peninsula is completely covered by treeless tundra and has an extremely cold climate due to the Labrador Current. On the Ungava Peninsula there are several glacial lakes and rivers, which usually run parallel in an east-west direction, as well as a few offshore islands that already belong to the Nunavut territory . The peninsula is surrounded by Hudson Bay , Hudson Strait, and Ungava Bay .
The 10,000 inhabitants of the peninsula - 90 percent Inuit - live in twelve places along the coast. Kuujjuaq , in the extreme southeast of the peninsula, is the seat of the Kativik Regional Government , from which the entire Ungava Peninsula is administered. Other larger settlements are Ivujivik in the north and Inukjuak in the west.
Individual evidence
Web links
- Ungava Peninsula ( English, French ) In: The Canadian Encyclopedia .
- Ecological Treatise of the Ungava Peninsula (French)