Baird Peninsula

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Baird Peninsula
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Location in Nunavut

Baird Peninsula is a peninsula in west central Baffin Island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. It juts into the Foxe Basin past Longstaff Bluff. Prince Charles Island lies to the south. [1]

It is named in honor of the Scottish explorer and glaciologist Colonel Patrick Douglas Baird (1913–1984). [2]

References

  1. ↑ "Multiple Values Area, West Central Baffin Island". Nunavut Planning Commission. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  2. ↑ "Baird, Patrick Douglas (1912-1984) on JSTOR". plants.jstor.org. Retrieved 5 February 2024.

68°55′N076°00′W / 68.917°N 76.000°W / 68.917; -76.000 (Baird Peninsula)

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