Cape Barrow (Nunavut)

Not to be confused with Cape John Barrow.

Cape Barrow
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CAE schooner 'North Star' at shore in Cape Barrow
Cape Barrow
Coordinates: 68°01′N110°08′W / 68.017°N 110.133°W / 68.017; -110.133 (Cape Barrow) [1]
Location	Nunavut, Canada
Offshore water bodies	Coronation Gulf, Bathurst Inlet
Topo map	NTS 77B3 Cape Barrow

Cape Barrow is a cape which separates Coronation Gulf from Bathurst Inlet in Nunavut, Canada. It is named in honour of the Arctic explorer Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet, and is referred to as Haninnek by the local Inuit. ^[3]

Along with Cape Flinders, it was named in 1821 by Sir John Franklin. ^[4]

Gallery

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  Expedition Doubling Cape Barrow, July 25, 1821, as depicted in Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea in the years 1819, 20, 21 and 22, by John Franklin
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  Akana, Umingmuktogmiut woman in Cape Barrow
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  Camp in harbour at Cape Barrow, Northwest Territories (Nunavut)
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  Inuit ice fishing at Cape Barrow, Northwest Territories (Nunavut)
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  John Raffles Cox taking latitude with sextant at harbour at Cape Barrow

References

1. "Cape Barrow". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada.
2. "Cape Barrow". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada.
3. Recent Explorations on the Canadian Arctic Coast, Rudolph Martin Anderson, Geographical Review, Vol. 4, No. 4 (Oct., 1917)
4. 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 ]}