The Darling Peninsula is located on the eastern coast of

Ellesmere Island Ellesmere Island ( iu, script=Latn, Umingmak Nuna, lit=land of muskoxen; french: île d'Ellesmere) is Canada's northernmost and List of Canadian islands by area, third largest island, and the List of islands by area, tenth largest in the world. ...

, a part of the Qikiqtaaluk Region of the Canadian territory of

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'' ...

. It stretches eastward into

Nares Strait , other_name = , image = Map indicating Nares Strait.png , alt = , caption = Nares Strait (boxed) is between Ellesmere Island and Greenland. , image_bathymetry = , alt_bathymetry ...

, north of

Dobbin Bay Dobbin Bay is an Arctic waterway in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is located in Nares Strait by eastern Ellesmere Island, south of the Darling Peninsula. Exploration During the British Arctic Expedition of 1875 under George Nares, anc ...

. Mount Stevens lies in the center of the peninsula,

Scoresby Bay Scoresby Bay is an Arctic waterway in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is located in Nares Strait by eastern Ellesmere Island's Darling Peninsula, west of Nunatami, Greenland. The bay is named in honor of William Scoresby, an English A ...

is found on its central coast, and Cape Louis Napoleon is located at the end of the long peninsula. The

Geomagnetic North Pole The geomagnetic poles are antipodal points where the axis of a best-fitting dipole intersects the surface of Earth. This ''theoretical'' dipole is equivalent to a powerful bar magnet at the center of Earth, and comes closer than any other poin ...

is located on the Darling Peninsula.

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Photo, largest Greenland erratic on Darling Peninsula
Ellesmere Island Peninsulas of Qikiqtaaluk Region {{QikiqtaalukNU-geo-stub