The Johan 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 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.
Buchanan Bay is to the north,
Rosse Bay to the east (separating the peninsula from
Pim Island), and Baird Inlet lies to the south.
There are several glaciers surrounding the peninsula, including Leffert Glacier, Jewell Glacier, Saate Glacier, Fram Glacier, Twin Glacier, Alfred Newton Glacier, MacMillan Glacier, Allen Glacier, Green Glacier, and Small Glacier.
References
Ellesmere Island
Peninsulas of Qikiqtaaluk Region
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