Melville Peninsula
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melville-peninsula-200-12784589
title:
Melville Peninsula
text:
Melville Peninsula is a large peninsula in the Canadian Arctic north of Hudson Bay. To the east is Foxe Basin and to the west the Gulf of Boothia. To the north the Fury and Hecla Strait separates it from Baffin Island. To the south Repulse Bay and Frozen Strait separate it from Southampton Island at the north end of Hudson Bay. On the southwest it is connected to the mainland by the Rae Isthmus, named after the Arctic explorer John Rae. Between 1821 and 1823 its east side was mapped by William E
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Peninsula in the Canadian Arctic north of Hudson Bay
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melville_Peninsula
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2022-11-17T23:21:51Z
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