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Melville Peninsula
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 arctic explorer
Dr John Rae
.
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