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Cape Barrow (Nunavut)

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Cape in the Kitikmeot, Nunavut, Canada Not to be confused with Cape John Barrow.
Cape Barrow
Cape
CAE schooner 'North Star' at shore in Cape BarrowCAE schooner 'North Star' at shore in Cape Barrow
Cape Barrow is located in NunavutCape BarrowCape Barrow
Coordinates: 68°01′N 110°08′W / 68.017°N 110.133°W / 68.017; -110.133 (Cape Barrow)
LocationNunavut, Canada
Offshore water bodiesCoronation Gulf, Bathurst Inlet
Topo mapNTS 77B3 Cape Barrow

Cape Barrow 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, 1st Baronet, and is referred to as Haninnek by the local Inuit.

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

Gallery

  • 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 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
  • Akana, Umingmuktogmiut woman in Cape Barrow Akana, Umingmuktogmiut woman in Cape Barrow
  • Camp in harbour at Cape Barrow, Northwest Territories (Nunavut) Camp in harbour at Cape Barrow, Northwest Territories (Nunavut)
  • Inuit ice fishing at Cape Barrow, Northwest Territories (Nunavut) Inuit ice fishing at Cape Barrow, Northwest Territories (Nunavut)
  • John Raffles Cox taking latitude with sextant at harbour at Cape Barrow John Raffles Cox taking latitude with sextant at harbour at Cape Barrow

References

  1. "Cape Barrow". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources 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.
Headlands of Nunavut
Kitikmeot Region
Kivalliq Region
Qikiqtaaluk Region


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