Image Labrador Peninsula.PNG thumb right 200px LabradorPeninsula, Canada The LabradorPeninsula is a large peninsula in eastern Canada . It is bounded by the Hudson Bay to the west, the Hudson Strait to the north, the Labrador Sea to the east, and the Gulf of Saint Lawrence to the southeast. The peninsula includes the region of Labrador , which is part of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador ... 150,000 2006 census . Location and geography File Nain Labrador 2008.JPG right thumb A hillside at Nain, Newfoundland and Labrador Nain , east coast of the peninsula The peninsula is surrounded ... of the LabradorPeninsula is shaped as a lesser peninsula, the Ungava Peninsula , surrounded by the Hudson Bay, the Hudson Strait, and the Ungava Bay . The northernmost point of the Ungava Peninsula, Cape Wolstenholme , also serves as the northernmost point of the LabradorPeninsula and of the province of Quebec. The peninsula is a plateau thread by river valleys. There are several mountain ranges. Torngat Mountains , located in the northern part of the peninsula, contain the highest point of the peninsula ... park of Canada on the LabradorPeninsula. The park is located in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, whereas the adjacent Kuururjuaq National Park is governed by the province of Quebec. History The peninsula is named after Portuguese explorer Jo o Fernandes Lavrador . He was granted a patent ... , he first sighted the province Labrador in 1498 . Fernandes charted the coasts of Southwestern ... for Labrador. ref cite web url http www.heritage.nf.ca exploration portuguese.html title The Portuguese ... Peninsulas of Quebec Category Peninsulas of Newfoundland and Labrador Category Geography of Nord du Qu bec Category Geography of C te Nord Category Geography of Saguenay Lac Saint Jean zh min nan Labrador ... del Labrador cs Labrador cy Penrhyn Labrador de Labrador Halbinsel et Labradori poolsaar el es Pen nsula del Labrador eu Labrador penintsula fa fr P ninsule du ... more details
Location map Canada Newfoundland and Labrador lat 47.4377 long 53.2026 width 200 caption Location of Middle Arm in Newfoundland and Labrador label Middle Arm position left Middle Arm is a List of communities in Newfoundland and Labrador settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador . coord 47.437 N 53.202 W display title region CA type city source GNS enwiki Category Populated places in Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland geo stub ... more details
Location map Canada Newfoundland and Labrador lat 46.9606 long 55.2412 width 200 caption Location of Corbin in Newfoundland and Labrador label Corbin Corbin is a List of communities in Newfoundland and Labrador settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador . coord 46.960 N 55.241 W display title region CA type city source GNS enwiki Category Populated places in Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland geo stub ... more details
Location map Canada Newfoundland and Labrador lat 51.1997 long 56.7822 width 200 caption Location of Black Duck Cove in Newfoundland and Labrador label Black Duck Cove position bottom Black Duck Cove is a List of communities in Newfoundland and Labrador settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador . coord 51.199 N 56.782 W display title region CA type city source GNS enwiki Category Populated places in Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland geo stub ... more details
of Canada Span area code Area code 709 709 blank name List of Newfoundland and Labrador highways Highways ... of Newfoundland and Labrador . It is located on the northern shore of an inlet of Notre Dame Bay in the north ... . See also List of cities and towns in Newfoundland and Labrador coord 49 42 17 N 56 05 32 W display title Category Towns in Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland geo stub ... more details
Peninsula , Nova Scotia Avalon Peninsula , Newfoundland island Newfoundland , Newfoundland and Labrador ... , Nunavut Bonavista Peninsula , Newfoundland island Newfoundland , Newfoundland and Labrador Boothia ... Newfoundland , Newfoundland and Labrador Burrard Peninsula , British Columbia Chebucto Peninsula , Nova ... and Labrador Hall Peninsula , Baffin Island , Nunavut col break Henry Kater Peninsula , Baffin ... Peninsula , New Brunswick LabradorPeninsula , encompassing all of Labrador and most of Quebec Leith ... Port Peninsula , Newfoundland island Newfoundland , Newfoundland and Labrador Prince Albert Peninsula ...movenotice List of peninsulas discuss Talk List of peninsulas Proposed move Wiktionary peninsula byland biland Image Peninsula croatia.jpg thumb 300px A small peninsula in Croatia File Nehrung.png thumb 300px Curonian Spit , a large peninsula in the Baltic Sea File Cape Cod Landsat 7.jpg thumb 300px Cape Cod , a peninsula of Massachusetts A peninsula lang la paen nsula , paene almost nsula island ... , peninsulas are called half islands . A peninsula can also be a Headlands and bays headland head ... ebi article 9276348 Peninsula. Britannica Student Encyclopedia. 2007 . Encyclop dia Britannica ... of peninsula is peninsulas or, less commonly, peninsulae . Oceania Australia col begin col break width 50 Beecroft Peninsula , New South Wales Bellarine Peninsula , Victoria Australia Victoria Cape York Peninsula , Queensland Cobourg Peninsula , Northern Territory Cronulla sand dunes, Kurnell Peninsula Dampier Peninsula , Western Australia Eyre Peninsula , South Australia Fleurieu Peninsula , South Australia Freycinet Peninsula , Tasmania Inskip Peninsula , Queensland col break Jervis Bay Territory Mornington Peninsula , Victoria Australia Victoria Redcliffe, Queensland Stockton, New South Wales Tasman Peninsula , Tasmania Tasmania itself was once a peninsula connected to Australia during ... Peninsula , South Australia Younghusband Peninsula , South Australia col end Image Mornington peninsula02.jpg ... more details
The Peninsula can refer to The Peninsula Hong Kong Geographic locations The Peninsula, Durham , the historic centre of Durham, England In the United States The Peninsula at St. Johns Center , a building in Jacksonville, Florida The San Francisco Peninsula , in Northern California. The Monterey Peninsula , in Central California. The Virginia Peninsula , of southeastern Virginia. Newspapers The Peninsula newspaper , daily English language newspaper published in Qatar disambig ja ... more details
divide of the Labradorpeninsula. Lands that drain into the Atlantic Ocean are part of Labrador ... recognized the drawing of the border between Quebec and Newfoundland in the Labradorpeninsula ... in the Labradorpeninsula along the East Main, Koksoak, Hamilton, Manicuagan and portions of other ...About the region in Canada the dog breed Labrador Retriever other uses Labrador disambiguation border ... collapse collapse colspan 2 align center bgcolor white big Labrador big colspan 2 align center Image Flag of Labrador.svg 150px border Image Labrador arms.png 70px colspan 2 align center small Flag of Labrador , with Coat of arms br de facto small colspan 2 align center Motto Munus splendidum mox ... Image Labrador fullmap.gif thumb center colspan 2 bgcolor 9999ff Geography Surface area Area convert ... of Newfoundland & Labrador br http www.gov.nl.ca Members of the Parliament of Canada in5 1 Members of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly in5 4 Labrador is the distinct, northerly region of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador . It comprises the mainland portion of the province ... . It is the largest and northernmost geographical region in Atlantic Canada . Labrador occupies the eastern part of the LabradorPeninsula , in an area slightly larger than the US state of Colorado . It is bordered to the west and the south by the Canadian province of Quebec . Labrador also shares a small land border with the Canadian territory of Nunavut on Killiniq Island . Though Labrador s area ... peoples of Labrador include the Northern Inuit of Nunatsiavut , the Southern Inuit M tis people Canada M tis of Nunatukavut NunatuKavut , and the Innu . The non aboriginal population in Labrador did not permanently settle in Labrador until the natural resource developments of the 1940s and 1950s. Before the 1950s, very few non aboriginal people lived in Labrador year round. The few ... of an ice island off the coast of Labrador. Labrador has a large, irregular, semi triangular shape ... more details
Labrador can refer to Geographical regions Labrador , region in Canadian province of Newfoundland and LabradorLabrador electoral district LabradorPeninsulaLabrador Sea Towns Labrador, Queensland , Australia Labrador, Pangasinan , Philippines Current Labrador Current , cold current in the Atlantic ocean People Jo o Fernandes Lavrador died ca. 1505 , a landholder and explorer Pedro G mez Labrador, Marquis of Labrador 1755 1852 , diplomat who represented Spain at the Congress of Vienna Vehicles CCGS Labrador CCGS Labrador formerly HMCS Labrador AW 50 , Canadian icebreaker in use from 1954 to 1987 CH 113 Labrador , helicopter used by Canadian Forces Air Command Animals Labrador Retriever , breed of dog A plant Labrador tea , a common name for 2 species of plants Music related Labrador Records , alternative record label from Stockholm, Sweden Labrador band , Danish pop band disambig af Labrador zh min nan Labrador khu pia t ia h be be x old bg cs Labrador rozcestn k cy Labrador gwahaniaethu da Labrador de Labrador el es Labrador fr Labrador homonymie ko hr Labrador razdvojba is Labrador it Labrador nl Labrador no Labrador andre betydninger pl Labrador pt Labrador desambigua o ru simple Labrador sk Labrador sr sv Labrador tr Labrador uk ... more details
Peninsula in Newfoundland label Bonavista Peninsula position left The Bonavista Peninsula is a large peninsula on the east coast of the island of Newfoundland island Newfoundland in the Canada Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador . The peninsula runs 85 km northeast from a 19 ... from Trinity Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador Trinity Bay to the south. Geography Starting at the Trinity Bay side it commences at the northeastern part of the bay at Shoal Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador Shoal Harbour , immediately north of Clarenville, Newfoundland and Labrador Clarenville . Continuing east the peninsula s south shore includes the communities of Trinity, Newfoundland and Labrador Trinity and Catalina, Newfoundland and Labrador Catalina ending at its easternmost tip at Cape Bonavista . The north shore of the peninsula includes the communities of Bonavista, Newfoundland and Labrador Bonavista , Summerville, Newfoundland and Labrador Summerville and Musgravetown, Newfoundland and Labrador Musgravetown to Port Blandford, Newfoundland and Labrador Port Blandford . The highways servicing the Bonavista Peninsula are Newfoundland and Labrador Route 230 Route 230 , Newfoundland and Labrador Route 233 Route 233 , Newfoundland and Labrador Route 235 Route 235 , Newfoundland and Labrador Route 237 Route 237 , Newfoundland and Labrador Route 238 Route 238 , and many local ... This peninsula contains some of the oldest settlements on the island of Newfoundland island Newfoundland ... of England. Economy The communities and towns on the Bonavista Peninsula are in a slow decline ... thumb upright 2 center Trinity, on the east coast of the Bonavista Peninsula center Shoal Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador Shoal Harbour Burgoyne s Cove, Newfoundland and Labrador Burgoynes Cove Trinity, Conception Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador Trinity Port Rexton, Newfoundland and Labrador Port Rexton Melrose, Newfoundland and Labrador Melrose Port Union, Newfoundland and Labrador Port Union ... more details
abbr on wide isthmus between Terrenceville, Newfoundland and Labrador Terrenceville and Monkstown, Newfoundland and Labrador Monkstown . It was originally named the Buria Peninsula by fishermen from ...Location map Newfoundland lat 47.38 long 55.11 caption Location of Burin Peninsula in Newfoundland label Burin Peninsula position right The Burin Peninsula is a Canada Canadian peninsula located on the south coast of the island of Newfoundland island Newfoundland in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador . The Burin Peninsula extends to the southwest from the main island of Newfoundland, separating .... In 1996, the Burin Peninsula recorded the highest unemployment rate in Canada for several months ... www.emagazine.com view ?507 ref blockquote Communities Newfoundland and Labrador Route 210 Route 210 traverses the length of the Burin Peninsula, running along the northwest side of the peninsula between Marystown, Newfoundland and Labrador Marystown and Fortune, Newfoundland and Labrador Fortune . Newfoundland and Labrador Route 220 Route 220 runs from Fortune to Marystown on the southern side. A short connecting road Newfoundland and Labrador Route 222 Route 222 runs between these two roads west of Marystown. Routes Newfoundland and Labrador Route 211 211 , Newfoundland and Labrador Route 212 212 , Newfoundland and Labrador Route 213 213 , and Newfoundland and Labrador Route 221 221 are numbered local roads. The Burin Peninsula s economy is tied to the ocean, consequently most of its settlements .... Communities on the north coast of the peninsula, beginning in the east Terrenceville, Newfoundland and Labrador Terrenceville Harbour Mille, Newfoundland and Labrador Harbour Mille Little Harbour East, Newfoundland and Labrador Little Harbour East Bay L Argent, Newfoundland and Labrador Bay L Argent Jacques Fontaine, Newfoundland and Labrador Jacques Fontaine St. Bernard s Jacques Fontaine, Newfoundland and Labrador St. Bernard s Jacques Fontaine Garnish, Newfoundland and Labrador Garnish Frenchman ... more details
Location map Newfoundland lat 48.64 long 53.82 caption Location of Eastport Peninsula in Newfoundland label Eastport Peninsula position left The Eastport Peninsula is a small extension of land into the central part of Bonavista Bay in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador . The peninsula ... and Labrador Eastport , Happy Adventure, Newfoundland and Labrador Happy Adventure , Sandy Cove, Newfoundland and Labrador Sandy Cove , Salvage, Newfoundland and Labrador Salvage , St. Chad s, Newfoundland and Labrador St. Chad s Burnside, Newfoundland and Labrador Burnside and Sandringham, Newfoundland and Labrador Sandringham Geography The Eastport Peninsula is a small peninsula in the central part of Bonavista Bay. The peninsula extends from Terra Nova National Park and follows an irregular coastline along Newman Sound to the south, around the community of Salvage, Newfoundland and Labrador ... and having the beautiful sandy beaches the Eastport Peninsula has become one of Newfoundland s most popular tourist destinations. The peninsula is home to motels, cottages, campgrounds, bed & breakfasts and inns.The Eastport Peninsula is part of The Road to The Beaches tourism region. The area is also .... The peninsula is home to the annual Winterset in Summer Literary Festival . This is just to inform ... center Panorama of Eastport Peninsula looking westward center clr List of communities in Newfoundland and Labrador File NLC Eastport3 tango7174.jpg thumb upright 1.5 The town of Salvage Burnside, Newfoundland and Labrador Burnside Eastport, Newfoundland and Labrador Eastport Happy Adventure, Newfoundland and Labrador Happy Adventure Salvage, Newfoundland and Labrador Salvage Sandringham, Newfoundland and Labrador Sandringham Sandy Cove, Newfoundland and Labrador Sandy Cove St. Chad s, Newfoundland and Labrador St. Chad s External links http maps.google.ca maps?q eastport, newfoundland&ll 48.666478, 53.864594&spn 0.424783,0.935417&hl en Eastport Peninsula Google Maps http www.beachesheritagecentre.ca ... more details
refimprove date April 2012 Location map Newfoundland lat 47.61 long 55.62 caption Location of Connaigre Peninsula in Newfoundland label Connaigre Peninsula position right The Connaigre Peninsula is a Canada Canadian peninsula located on the south coast of the island of Newfoundland island Newfoundland in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador . The Connaigre Peninsula is triangular shaped, separating Bay d Espoir on the western side and Belle Bay along with Fortune Bay on the east. The peninsula takes its name from a small fishing community that was resettled in 1954 under the Centralization Programme by the Newfoundland government. ref name ENL Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador , Volume one, page 504 ref Newfoundland and Labrador Route 360 Route 360 traverses the length of the Peninsula ending at Harbour Breton . Newfoundland and Labrador Route 362 Route 362 extends from Route 360 to communities such as Belleoram, St. Jacques , English Harbour West , Mose Ambrose , Boxey Harbour , St. John Harbour , Coombe s Cove and Wreck Cove . Newfoundland and Labrador Route 364 Route 364 extends from Route 360 to communities such as Hermitage Sandyville, Newfoundland and Labrador Hermitage Sandyville , Dawson s Cove , Seal Cove and Pass Island . A ferry from Hermitage travels to Gaultois . References reflist coord 47 34 N 55 40 W region CA NL type landmark scale 500000 display title Category Peninsulas of Newfoundland and Labrador ... more details
The Beekman Peninsula is located on southern Baffin Island in the Canada Canadian territory of Nunavut . It s an arm of the larger Hall Peninsula . Beekman Peninsula juts into the Labrador Sea , and is surrounded by the Smith Channel, Cornelius Grinnell Bay, Robinson Sound, and Anderson Channel. coord 63 30 N 064 40 W display title name Beekman Peninsula region CA NU Peninsulas of Nunavut Category Baffin Island Category Peninsulas of Qikiqtaaluk Region QikiqtaalukNU geo stub ... more details
The Blunt Peninsula is a peninsula in the Canadian territory of Nunavut . It lies off the southeastern end of Baffin Island s Hall Peninsula . Across from the Blunt Peninsula are several large islands, including Loks Land Island , as well as hundreds of smaller islets and rocks. ref cite web url http www.oceandots.com arctic canada loks land.php title Loks Land Takuligjuaq accessdate 2008 09 30 last first coauthors date work publisher ceandots.com ref Frobisher Bay is lcoated to the west, and the Labrador Sea is to the east. References Reflist Coord 62 40 N 065 10 W display title name Blunt Peninsula region CA NU Peninsulas of Nunavut Category Peninsulas of Qikiqtaaluk Region Category Baffin Island QikiqtaalukNU geo stub ... more details
Location map Newfoundland lat 47.29 long 53.35 caption Location of Avalon Peninsula in Newfoundland label Avalon Peninsula position left Image Shoal Bay.jpg 280px thumb The coast of the Avalon Peninsula, in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador The Avalon Peninsula is a large List of peninsulas peninsula ... Encyclopedia Avalon Peninsula Bot generated title ref that makes up the southeast portion of the island of Newfoundland island Newfoundland . The peninsula is home to 257,223 people, which ..., St. John s, Newfoundland and Labrador St. John s . ref http www.statcan.gc.ca pub 91 214 x 91 ... 5 km mi abbr on wide Isthmus of Avalon. The peninsula protrudes into the rich fishing zones near the Grand Banks . Its four major bays&mdash Trinity Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador Trinity Bay , Conception Bay , St. Mary s Bay Newfoundland and Labrador St. Mary s Bay , and Placentia Bay &mdash have long been the centre of Newfoundland s fishing industry. Geography and geology The Avalon Peninsula ... of the peninsula. The Avalon Peninsula is a noted region for Precambrian fossil s, and many Lagerst tte n of the diverse Ediacaran biota are found on the peninsula. Mistaken Point, Newfoundland ... which gets its specific name from Newfoundland . History The peninsula was one of the first European ..., Newfoundland and Labrador Cuper s Cove in 1610. Sir George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore George Calvert was later given a large land holding on the peninsula. The initial colony of Ferryland grew .... Image Avalon fullmap.gif 200px thumb left Avalon Peninsula, in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador The charter created the province as a County palatine palatinate in which Calvert had ... In 1696, during King William s War , the French destroyed many English villages in the Avalon Peninsula Campaign . See also British colonization of the Americas Newfoundland and Labrador Conception Bay ... and Labrador af Avalon skiereiland ca Pen nsula d Avalon da Avalon Canada de Avalon Halbinsel ... more details
Cumberland Peninsula is a peninsula in the southeastern part of Baffin Island , in Nunavut , Canada . It is located between 64 56 and 67 57 north latitude, and 61 56 to 68 west longitude. ref cite web url http www.bartleby.com 69 33 C12333.html title Cumberland Peninsula date 2000 work The Columbia Gazetteer of North America publisher bartleby.com accessdate 2008 10 20 ref The Arctic Circle crosses the peninsula, with the Labrador Sea to the southeast, and the Davis Strait to the east, which lies between the peninsula and Greenland . The Cumberland Sound lies to the southwest, separating the Cumberland Peninsula from the Hall Peninsula , which is also part of Baffin Island. The Cumberland Peninsula is part of the Arctic Tundra biome the world s coldest and driest biome as is the rest of Baffin Island. The terrain is mountainous, and Mt. Odin, near the Arctic Circle, rises convert 7044 ft abbr on . The peninsula is home to Pangnirtung, Nunavut Pangnirtung , which lies on the southwest coast, and the Auyuittuq National Park . References Reflist Further reading div class references small Dyke, Arthur S., John T. Andrews, and Gifford H. Miller. Quaternary Geology of Cumberland Peninsula, Baffin Island, District of Franklin . Ottawa, Canada Geological Survey of Canada, 1982. ISBN 0660111829 div coord 66 30 N 065 00 W region CA NU scale 500000 display title name Cumberland Peninsula Peninsulas of Nunavut Category Peninsulas of Qikiqtaaluk Region Category Baffin Island QikiqtaalukNU geo stub es Pen nsula Cumberland ... more details
Karaburun Peninsula may refer to Karaburun Peninsula, Albania , a peninsula in Albania Karaburun Peninsula, Turkey , a peninsula in Turkey disamb ... more details
Image Map indicating Foxe Peninsula, Nunavut, Canada.png right thumb 300px Foxe Peninsula, Nunavut, Canada. legend ffff66 Nunavut legend ffffcc Greenland legend d5fe94 Quebec legend ecebb6 Newfoundland and Labrador legend ccccff Manitoba legend ffcccc Ontario 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 place hamlet of Cape Dorset, Nunavut Cape Dorset . Inuksuk Point at the western coast contains more than 100 Inukshuk inuksuit . The peninsula is convert 241 km abbr on long and convert 80 km abbr on to convert 161 km abbr on wide. ref 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 ref The peninsula is named for the English people English explorer Luke Fox e. References Reflist coord 65 N 076 W region CA NU scale 2000000 display title name Foxe Peninsula Peninsulas of Nunavut Category Peninsulas of Qikiqtaaluk Region Category Baffin Island QikiqtaalukNU geo stub de Foxe Halbinsel es Pen nsula Foxe eo Duoninsulo Foxe fr P ninsule de Foxe ja pl Foxe pt Pen nsula de Foxe ... more details
The Pork Peninsula is a cape located in Kivalliq Region , Nunavut , Canada . It is located on Hudson Bay , convert 30.1 km mi abbr on from the Inuit hamlet of Whale Cove, Nunavut Whale Cove , and convert 43.5 km mi abbr on from Rankin Inlet . ref cite web url http travelingluck.com North America Canada Nunavut 6111213 Pork Peninsula.html local map title Pork Peninsula, Nunavut, Canada publisher travelingluck.com accessdate 3 April 2010 ref The peninsula separates Corbett Inlet and Pistol Bay. Igloo Point is the eastern extremity of the peninsula. ref cite book title Sailing directions Labrador and Hudson Bay year 1983 edition Digitized Aug 14, 2009 pages 404 isbn 0660113694 url http books.google.com books?id 8bvfAAAAMAAJ&q 22Pork Peninsula 22&dq 22Pork Peninsula 22&hl en&ei UKC2S8qAIZKEswP3tJGXBA&sa X&oi book result&ct result&resnum 5&ved 0CE0Q6AEwBA ref History The spit of land was named by the residents of Rankin Inlet, commemorating an experimental chicken and pig farm established there by the Canadian government. ref name Struzik cite book last Struzik first Ed title Ten rivers adventure stories from the Arctic publisher CanWest Books year 2005 pages 152 isbn 0973671947 url http books.google.com books?id 162ycz325jsC&pg PA152&dq 22Pork Peninsula 22&hl en&ei jaC2S7i1AoWqsgO udCmBw&sa X&oi book result&ct result&resnum 2&ved 0CD0Q6AEwAQ v onepage&q 22Pork 20Peninsula 22&f false ref References Reflist Atlas of Canada coord 62.400 92.333 region CA NU display title name Pork Peninsula Peninsulas of Nunavut Category Hudson Bay Category Peninsulas of Kivalliq Region KivalliqNU geo stub ... more details
Image Location Ungava Peninsula.png thumb Location of the Ungava Peninsula The Ungava Peninsula of Nunavik , Quebec , Canada , is bounded by Hudson Bay to the west, Hudson Strait to the north, and Ungava Bay to the east. The Ungava Peninsula is part of the LabradorPeninsula and covers about 252,000 km 97,000 sq mi . Its northern most point is Cape Wolstenholme , which is also the northern most point of Quebec. The Ungava Peninsula is a part of the Canadian Shield and consists entirely of treeless tundra dissected by large numbers of rivers and glacial lakes, flowing generally east west in a parallel fashion. The peninsula was not deglaciated until 6,500 years ago 11,500 years after the Last Glacial Maximum and is believed to have been the prehistoric centre from which the vast Laurentide Ice Sheet spread over most of North America during the last glacial epoch. Climate The climate is extremely cold ET in the K ppen climate classification because the Labrador Current keeps the region and all of Nord du Qu bec northern Qu bec colder in the summer than other regions at comparable latitudes. div style width 88 Weather box location Kuujjuaq metric first yes single line yes Jan record high C 5.6 Feb record high C 7.8 Mar record high C 12.1 Apr record high C 14.7 May record high C 31.1 Jun record high C 33.1 Jul record high C 32.2 Aug record high C 30.3 Sep record high ... The 10,000 inhabitants of the peninsula 90 Inuit , live in 12 villages spread along the coast ... all of the peninsula. The Ungava Peninsula offshore islands are part of the Nunavut Territory . The region .... Geology The Ungava Peninsula , situated on the northeast portion of the Canadian Shield , is where ... part of the Ungava and Labrador Trough geology troughs . In the zone east of the Labrador Trough ... Encyclopedia Ungava Peninsula http www.mddep.gouv.qc.ca biodiversite aires protegees provinces partie4j.htm Ecological description of the Ungava Peninsula in French http www.nfb.ca film Across ... more details
Peninsula Princess may refer to Peninsula Princess Australia Peninsula Princess Australia , a ferry that formerly operated in Victoria, Australia Peninsula Princess Canada Peninsula Princess Canada , a ferry currently operating in New Brunswick, Canada disambig ... more details
Peninsula Railroad may refer to Peninsula Railroad Maryland Virginia , a predecessor of the Pennsylvania Railroad on the Delmarva PeninsulaPeninsula Railroad of Michigan , a predecessor of the Chicago and North Western Railway on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan See also Peninsular Railroad disambiguation dab ... more details
Northern Peninsula may refer to Great Northern Peninsula in Newfoundland, Canada Northern Peninsula Area Region in far northern Queensland, Australia disambig ... more details
PA77 ref The Labrador Sea French mer du Labrador is an arm of the North Atlantic Ocean between the LabradorPeninsula and Greenland . The sea is flanked by continental shelf continental shelves ...Infobox ocean Ocean name Labrador Sea image Ocean Labrador sea paamiut.jpg caption Ocean Past sunset at Labrador Sea, off the coast of Paamiut , Greenland image bathymetry Labradorseamap.png caption bathymetry location coords coord 61 N 56 W type waterbody scale 10000000 name Labrador Sea display inline ... BD D0 B8 D1 8F D0 9B D0 B0 D0 B1 D1 80 D0 B0 D0 B4 D0 BE D1 80 language Russian title Labrador publisher ... Strait . ref name brit Cite web url http www.britannica.com eb article 9046724 Labrador Sea title Labrador Sea author Encyclop dia Britannica authorlink Encyclop dia Britannica accessdate 2008 ... for thousands of kilometers along the sea bottom toward the Atlantic Ocean. The Labrador Sea is a major ... Ocean . File Artic cultures 900 1500.png thumb left History The Labrador Sea formed upon ... GeoGroupTemplate The International Hydrographic Organization defines the limits of the Labrador ... parallel north 60 North between Greenland and Labrador . p On the East a line from Cape St. Francis ... and Labrador Newfoundland to Cape Farewell, Greenland Cape Farewell Greenland . p On the West the East Coast of Labrador and Newfoundland and the Northeast limit of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence Gulf of St ... Isle Newfoundland and Labrador Belle Isle and on to the Northeast Ledge coord 52 02 N 55 15 W type ... extreme of Cape St. Charles 52 13 N in Labrador. blockquote Geography, geology and bathymetry File ... Current The Labrador Sea is about convert 3400 m fathom ft 0 lk out abbr in deep and convert 1000 ... systems in Labrador Sea url http etc.hil.unb.ca ojs index.php GC article view 3928 journal Geoscience ... Hesse And Allan Rakofsky title Deep Sea Channel Submarine Yazoo System of the Labrador Sea A New ... work Glacimarine drainage systems in the deep sea the NAMOC system of the Labrador Sea and its sibling ... more details
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