The Darling Peninsula is located on the eastern coast of
Ellesmere Island
Ellesmere Island (; ) is Canada's northernmost and List of Canadian islands by area, third largest island, and the List of islands by area, tenth largest in the world. It comprises an area of , slightly smaller than Great Britain, and the total ...
, a part of the
Qikiqtaaluk Region
The Qikiqtaaluk Region, Qikiqtani Region (Inuktitut syllabics: ᕿᑭᖅᑖᓗᒃ ) or the Baffin Region is the easternmost, northernmost, and southernmost administrative region of Nunavut, Canada. Qikiqtaaluk is the traditional Inuktitut nam ...
of the
Canadian territory of
Nunavut
Nunavut is the largest and northernmost Provinces and territories of Canada#Territories, territory of Canada. It was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999, via the ''Nunavut Act'' and the Nunavut Land Claims Agr ...
. It stretches eastward into
Nares Strait
Nares Strait (; ) is a waterway between Ellesmere Island and Greenland that connects the northern part of Baffin Bay in the Atlantic Ocean with the Lincoln Sea in the Arctic Ocean. From south to north, the strait includes Smith Sound, Kane Basi ...
, north of
Dobbin Bay. Mount Stevens lies in the center of the peninsula,
Scoresby Bay is found on its central coast, and Cape Louis Napoleon is located at the end of the long peninsula.
The
Geomagnetic North Pole is located on the Darling Peninsula.
References
External links
Photo, largest Greenland erratic on Darling Peninsula
Ellesmere Island
Peninsulas of Qikiqtaaluk Region
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