| Summary: | Melville Peninsula is the largest and most easterly of several peninsulas which extend northward from the eastern mainland portion of the Northwest Territories in the Canadian Arctic. It has a maximum. north-south length of approximately 250 miles (66° 10’N. to 69°52'N.) and a. maximum width at its widest point of approximately 140 miles (81°15’W. to 86°36’W.). The peninsula, itself within the District of Franklin, is joined to the northeastern corner of the District of Keewatin by Rae Isthmus. It forms the western shore of Foxe Basin (map 1) and is separated from Baffin Island to the north by Fury and Hecla Strait and from Southampton Island to the south by Frozen Strait. The region covered by this study includes Wales, Amherst and Igloolik Islands. It does not include several smaller islands off the extreme southern tip of the peninsula.
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