Melville Peninsula
Melville Peninsula is a large peninsula in the Canadian Arctic north of Hudson Bay. To the east is Foxe Basin and to the west the Gulf of Boothia. To the north the Fury and Hecla Strait separates it from Baffin Island.
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Latitude
68.04756° or 68° 2′ 51″ north
Longitude
-83.72223° or 83° 43′ 20″ west
Open location code
96WR27XH+24
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural = peninsula
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Melville Peninsula” goes by many names.
شبه جزيرة ميلفيلArabic
Melvill yarımadasıAzerbaijani
МелвілBelarusian
Паўвостраў МелвілBelarusian
МелвилBulgarian
Мелвил (полуостров, Канада)Bulgarian
Península de MelvilleCatalan
Península MelvilleCatalan
Melville PeninsulaCebuano
梅尔维尔半岛Chinese
梅爾維爾半島Chinese
Melvillův poloostrovCzech
Melville-schiereilandDutch
Melvillen niemimaaFinnish
Península de MelvilleGalician
מלוויל (חצי אי)Hebrew
Melville-skagiIcelandic
Penisola di MelvilleItalian
メルヴィル半島Japanese
メルビル半島Japanese
レイ地峡Japanese
멜빌반도Korean
Melvila pussalaLatvian
Melvilio pusiasalisLithuanian
MelvillehalvøyaNorwegian
MelvillehalvøyaNorwegian Bokmål
MelvillehalvøyaNorwegian Nynorsk
Półwysep Melville’aPolish
Peninsula MelvilleRomanian
МелвиллRussian
Melvillov polostrovSlovak
Melville PeninsulaSwedish
МелвіллUkrainian
Півострів МелвіллUkrainian
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