Henry Kater Peninsula

The Henry Kater Peninsula (69°23′N 068°03′W)[1] is a peninsula on northern Baffin Island, in Nunavut, Canada. It protrudes in an eastern direction into Davis Strait. It's bounded to the north by Arctic Harbour. Further north lies Clyde Inlet. Home Bay borders the peninsula to the south.

It is named after the English physicist, Henry Kater.

Geography

The peninsula is 89 km (55 mi) long by 1 km (0.62 mi)-37 km (23 mi) wide.[2] Its highest point rises 272 m (892 ft) above sea level.[1] At least between 34,000 and 10,000 BP, Henry Kater Peninsula was ice-covered.[3]

Population

There are no permanent communities on Henry Kater Peninsula, though Wenzel noted some Inuit maintained fixed winter residences in villages on the peninsula during the mid 20th century.[4]

References
  1. "Henry Kater Peninsula". geonames.org. Retrieved 2008-09-22.
  2. "Henry Kater, Cape". The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. bartleby.com. 2000. Archived from the original on 2005-04-18. Retrieved 2008-09-22.
  3. King, Cuchlaine A. M. (1969). "Glacial Geomorphology and Chronology of Henry Kater Peninsula, East Baffin Island, N.W.T." Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research. colorado.edu. 1 (3): 195–212. doi:10.2307/1550290. JSTOR 1550290. Retrieved 2008-09-22.
  4. Wenzel, George W. (1991). Animal Rights, Human Rights: Ecology, Economy and Ideology in the Canadian Arctic. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. p. 110. ISBN 0-8020-6890-1.


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