Grinnell Peninsula
{{Short description|Peninsula on Devon Island in Nunavut, Canada}}
Grinnell Peninsula is a peninsula of northwestern Devon Island in Nunavut, Canada.
It was sighted by the First Grinnell Expedition in 1850 and named "Grinnell Land" after Henry Grinnell, who had co-financed the expedition. The expedition leaders were uncertain at the time if the new land was part of Devon Island, Cornwallis Island, or a previously uncharted island or northern continent.{{r|"Kane1857"|p=197}} The name was not universally recognized, as British Admiralty charts of 1851 listed it as "Albert Land" (after Prince Albert) based on Royal Navy observations.{{r|"Kane1857"|p=203–207}}
References
{{reflist |refs=
|title=Elisha Kent Kane (1820–1857)
|first=Constance
|last=Martin
|journal=Arctic
|publisher=Arctic Institute of North America
|volume=37
|number=2
|date=June 1984
|pages=178–179
|jstor=
|doi=10.14430/arctic2187
|url=https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65239
|doi-access=free
}}
|first=E. K.
|last=Kane
|authorlink=Elisha Kane
|year=1857
|title=The United States Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin
|location=Boston
|publisher=Phillips, Sampson & Co.
|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_QsRCAAAAYAAJ
}}
}}
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120210065747/http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/maps/archives/glacier/higharcticislands/plate2-1?w=4&h=4&l=2&r=0&c=0 The Glacier Atlas of Canada]
{{coord|76|40|N|095|00|W|region:CA-NU_scale:1000000|display=title|name=Grinnell Peninsula}}
{{Peninsulas of Nunavut}}
Category:Peninsulas of Qikiqtaaluk Region
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