The Remote Peninsula is a

peninsula A peninsula (; ) is a landform that extends from a mainland and is surrounded by water on most, but not all of its borders. A peninsula is also sometimes defined as a piece of land bordered by water on three of its sides. Peninsulas exist on al ...

located on the eastern coast of

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. It is part of the

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of the

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territory of

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. The

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settlement of

Pond Inlet Pond Inlet ( iu, Mittimatalik, lit=the place where Mittima is buried) is a small, predominantly Inuit community in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada, located on northern Baffin Island. To the Inuit the name of the place "is and always ...

is to the northwest and Clyde River is to the southeast.

Geography

The Remote Peninsula extends northwards into the

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from the island's mainland. It is bounded by Gibbs Fiord and the

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in the east, the

in the north,

Sam Ford Fiord Kangiqtualuk Uqquqti (Inuktitut syllabics: ''ᑲᖏᖅᑐᐊᓗᒃ ᐅᖅᑯᖅᑎ'') formerly Sam Ford Fiord is an isolated, elongated Arctic fjord on Baffin Island's northeastern coast in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. The Inuit settl ...

in the east, and in the south by Walker Arm, the latter fjord's offshoot. The peninsula is attached to the mainland by a narrow

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in the southwest. The Remote Peninsula is approximately long and has a maximum width of . It is

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and has many active

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. Its highest point is Ukpik Peak, a high prominent summit. Other noteworthy mountains include the formidable-looking

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/ref> facing Stewart Valley, and also Tiiturvik Peak, Nauttiaq Peak, Qablunaaq Peak,

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, Mount Longstaff, Nallaqtaq Peak and Atqut Ridge —all located in the southern and SW area of the peninsula, as well as

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in the east. The

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is an isolated 10 m deep lake in the northeast of the peninsula where a phenomenon of unnatural warming has been detected.Remote Arctic Lake Begins to Heat Up 4,000 Years Early
/ref> Other noteworthy geographic features of the peninsula include

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(Qaqulluit Nuvua) —its northernmost headland, and

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in the west.

Bibliography

References

External links

Great Sail PeakNRC Remote PeninsulaInto the Arctic Expedition Photos
{{Peninsulas of Nunavut Peninsulas of Baffin Island