Wollaston Peninsula
The Wollaston Peninsula (previously, Wollaston Land)[1] is located on southwestern Victoria Island, Canada. Most of the peninsula lies in Nunavut's Kitikmeot Region, bordered by the Dolphin and Union Strait to the south. A smaller portion lies within the Northwest Territories's Inuvik Region, bordered by the Amundsen Gulf to the west, and Prince Albert Sound to the north. The peninsula is 225 km (140 mi) long, and between 97 and 113 km (60 and 70 mi) wide. Its western most point is Cape Baring.[2]
In 1826, the area was discovered by Royal Navy officer Edward Nicholas Kendall[3] and was named Wollaston Land, in honor of William Hyde Wollaston, by John Richardson.[4] It was later changed to Wollaston Peninsula by the Geographical Names Board of Canada.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ "Wollaston Peninsula". mapplanet.com. http://www.mapplanet.com/?do=loc&country=CA&adm1=00&loc=1152314. Retrieved 2008-10-11.
- ^ a b "Wollaston Peninsula". The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. bartleby.com. 2000. http://www.bartleby.com/69/13/W04113.html. Retrieved 2008-10-11.
- ^ Dawson, Llewellyn Styles (1830). Memoirs of hydrography: including brief biographies of the principal officers who have served in H.M. Naval Surveying Service between the years 1750 and 1885. H.W. Keay. p. 105. http://books.google.com/books?id=kp4DAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA105&dq=kendall+island+richardson+franklin+%22edward+nicholas+kendall%22&hl=en&ei=RveOTLHXA4mknQeasoz3DQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDMQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=kendall%20island%20richardson%20franklin%20%22edward%20nicholas%20kendall%22&f=false.
- ^ Franklin, John (1828). Narrative of a second expedition to the shores of the Polar sea in the years 1825, 1826 and 1827, by John Franklin,... including an account of the progress of a detachment to the Eastward, by John Richardson.. London: J. Murray. http://books.google.com/books?id=QOyb_rz5czIC&printsec=frontcover&dq=John+Franklin+1826&hl=en&ei=xl9QTM_zCIO8sQPn5MmOBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCgQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false.
Coordinates: 69°45′N 114°30′W / 69.75°N 114.5°W
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