Foxe Peninsula

Foxe Peninsula

Foxe Peninsula is a peninsula found at the southern end of Baffin Island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. It juts out from the southerly end of the island in a southwestly direction, dividing Foxe Basin and Hudson Strait. Its western extremity is Cape Queen; to the southeast lies the Inuit hamlet of Cape Dorset.

The peninsula is convert|241|km|mi long and convert|80|km|mi to convert|161|km|mi wide. [cite web |url=http://www.bartleby.com/69/54/F02754.html |title=Foxe Peninsula |accessdate=2008-09-24 |last= |first= |coauthors= |date=2000 |work=The Columbia Gazetteer of North America |publisher=bartleby.com]

The peninsula is named for the English explorer Luke Foxe.

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