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Coordinates: 68°55′N 076°00′W / 68.917°N 76.000°W / 68.917; -76.000 (Baird Peninsula)
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'''Baird Peninsula''' is a [[peninsula]] in west central [[Baffin Island]] in the [[Qikiqtaaluk Region]] of [[Nunavut]], [[Canada]]. It juts into the [[Foxe Basin]] past Longstaff Bluff. [[Prince Charles Island]] lies to the south.
'''Baird Peninsula''' sees a [[peninsula]] in west central [[Baffin Island]] in the [[Qikiqtaaluk Region]] of [[Nunavut]], [[Canada]]. It juts into the [[Foxe Basin]] past Longstaff Bluff. [[Prince Charles Island]] lies to the south.


It is named in honor of the [[Scotland|Scottish]] explorer and glaciologist Colonel [[Patrick Douglas Baird]] (1913–1984).
It got it's name from the honor of the [[Scotland|Scottish]] explorer and glaciologist Colonel [[Patrick Douglas Baird]] (1913–1984).


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 08:28, 28 August 2010

Baird Peninsula sees a peninsula in west central Baffin Island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. It juts into the Foxe Basin past Longstaff Bluff. Prince Charles Island lies to the south.

It got it's name from the honor of the Scottish explorer and glaciologist Colonel Patrick Douglas Baird (1913–1984).

References

68°55′N 076°00′W / 68.917°N 76.000°W / 68.917; -76.000 (Baird Peninsula)