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The Melville Peninsula is on the west side of Foxe Basin. Boothia and Melville Peninsulas, Nunavut, Canada. To the north of Melville Peninsula is Baffin Island.. Melville Peninsula is a large peninsula in the Canadian Arctic north of Hudson Bay.
Melville Island [1] (French: île Melville [citation needed]; Inuktitut: ᐃᓗᓪᓕᖅ, Ilulliq [citation needed]) is an uninhabited member of the Queen Elizabeth Islands of the Arctic Archipelago. With an area of 42,149 km 2 (16,274 sq mi), it is the 33rd largest island in the world and Canada's eighth largest island.
The Spicer Islands are an uninhabited island group located in Foxe Basin, within Qikiqtaaluk Region, in the Canadian territory of Nunavut. [1] The Melville Peninsula is to the west, Prince Charles Island to the east, Rowley Island to the north.
Melville Island (Tiwi: Yermalner) is an island in the eastern Timor Sea, off the coast of the Northern Territory, Australia.Along with Bathurst Island and nine smaller uninhabited islands, it forms part of the group known as the Tiwi Islands, which are under the jurisdiction of the Northern Territory in association with the Tiwi Land Council as the regional authority.
To the west and south-west is Southampton Island, to the east is Baffin Island, and to the north-west is the Melville Peninsula. The channel takes its name from the English explorer Luke Foxe who reached it in 1631.
Because its location on Igloolik Island is close to Melville Peninsula, it is often mistakenly thought to be on the peninsula. The name "Igloolik" means "there is a house here". The name "Igloolik" means "there is a house here".
The south end is Committee Bay, northwest of which are the Simpson Peninsula and Pelly Bay. [1] On the west side of the gulf at 70°18′N 91°42′W / 70.300°N 91.700°W / 70.300; -91.700 ( Eden Bay ) [ 2 ] , north of Pelly Bay and Thom Bay , is Eden Bay, which should not be confused with a bay of the same name in the Qikiqtaaluk
1 Location and wildlife. 2 History. 3 Naujaat today. ... at the south end of the Melville Peninsula, in the Kivalliq Region of Nunavut, Canada. Location and wildlife