Cape Barrow is a cape which separates
Coronation Gulf
Coronation Gulf lies between Victoria Island and mainland Nunavut in Canada. To the northwest it connects with Dolphin and Union Strait and thence the Beaufort Sea and Arctic Ocean; to the northeast it connects with Dease Strait and thence Queen M ...
from
Bathurst Inlet
Bathurst Inlet, officially Kiluhiqtuq, is a deep inlet located along the northern coast of the Canadian mainland, at the east end of Coronation Gulf, into which the Burnside and Western rivers empty. The name, or its native equivalent ''Kingo ...
in
Nunavut
Nunavut ( , ; iu, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ , ; ) is the largest and northernmost Provinces and territories of Canada#Territories, territory of Canada. It was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999, via the ''Nunavut Act'' ...
, Canada. It is named in honour of the arctic explorer
Sir John Barrow
Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet, (19 June 1764 – 23 November 1848) was an English geographer, linguist, writer and civil servant best known for term as the Second Secretary to the Admiralty from 1804 until 1845.
Early life
Barrow was born ...
, and is referred to as ''Haninnek'' by the local
Inuit
Inuit (; iu, ᐃᓄᐃᑦ 'the people', singular: Inuk, , dual: Inuuk, ) are a group of culturally similar indigenous peoples inhabiting the Arctic and subarctic regions of Greenland, Labrador, Quebec, Nunavut, the Northwest Territories ...
.
Along with
Cape Flinders 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.
The cape was named by Sir John Franklin in 1821 after the navigator Matthew Flinders. ...
, it was named in 1821 by Sir
John Franklin
Sir John Franklin (16 April 1786 – 11 June 1847) was a British Royal Navy officer and Arctic explorer. After serving in wars against Napoleonic France and the United States, he led two expeditions into the Canadian Arctic and through ...
.
Gallery
File:Expedition Doubling Cape Barrow, July 25, 1821.jpg, 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
Sir John Franklin (16 April 1786 – 11 June 1847) was a British Royal Navy officer and Arctic explorer. After serving in wars against Napoleonic France and the United States, he led two expeditions into the Canadian Arctic and through ...
File:Akana at Cape Barrow (38987).jpg, Akana, Umingmuktogmiut woman in Cape Barrow
File:Camp in harbour at Cape Barrow (38765).jpg, Camp in harbour at Cape Barrow, Northwest Territories (Nunavut)
File:Inuit ice fishing at Cape Barrow (38581).jpg, Inuit ice fishing at Cape Barrow, Northwest Territories (Nunavut)
File:John Cox taking latitude measurements at harbour at Cape Barrow (43279).jpg, John Raffles Cox taking latitude with sextant at harbour at Cape Barrow
References
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