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Cape Flinders

Cape Flinders

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Cape Flinders is a headland in the northern Canadian territory of Nunavut. It is located on the western point of the Kent Peninsula, now known as Kiillinnguyaq.[1]

The cape was named by Sir John Franklin in 1821[2] after the navigator Matthew Flinders.

References

  1. [1]
    McGoogan, Ken (2003). Fatal Passage: The Story of John Rae, the Arctic Hero Time Forgot. Basic Books. p. 139. ISBN 0-7867-1156-6.[permanent dead link]
  2. [2]
    Murphy, David (2004). The Arctic Fox: Francis Leopold McClintock. Dundurn Press Ltd. p. 25. ISBN 1-55002-523-6.

68.26°N 108.80°W / 68.26; -108.80 (Cape Flinders)


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