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Cape Barrow (Nunavut)

Coordinates: 68°01′00″N 110°07′59″W / 68.01667°N 110.13306°W / 68.01667; -110.13306 (Cape Barrow)
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This article is about the cape in Nunavut, Canada. For the headland in Alaska, see Point Barrow.

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Expedition Doubling Cape Barrow, July 25, 1821, as depicted in Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea in the years 1819, 20, 21 and 22, by John Franklin

Cape Barrow (68°01′00″N 110°07′59″W / 68.01667°N 110.13306°W / 68.01667; -110.13306 (Cape Barrow))[1] is a cape which separates Coronation Gulf from Bathurst Inlet in Nunavut, Canada. It is named in honour of the arctic explorer Sir John Barrow, and is referred to as Haninnek by the local Inuit.[2]

Along with Cape Flinders, it was named in 1821 by Sir John Franklin.[3]

References

  1. ^ Cape Barrow Archived October 1, 2012, at the Wayback Machine at the Atlas of Canada
  2. ^ Recent Explorations on the Canadian Arctic Coast, Rudolph Martin Anderson, Geographical Review, Vol. 4, No. 4 (Oct., 1917)
  3. ^ McGoogan, Ken (2003). Fatal Passage: The Story of John Rae, the Arctic Hero Time Forgot. Basic Books. p. 139. ISBN 0-7867-1156-6.


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