Nelson Head
Nelson Head is a Canadian Arctic hypsographic cape in the Northwest Territories. The most southerly point of Banks Island, it protrudes into the Amundsen Gulf. It is the ancestral home of Kangiryuarmiut, a Copper Inuit subgroup.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Nelson Head
- Type: Cape
- Description: peninsula in the Northwest Territories, Canada
- Categories: peninsula and landform
- Location: Northwest Territories, Northern Canada, Canada, North America
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Latitude
71.08474° or 71° 5′ 5″ northLongitude
-122.83711° or 122° 50′ 14″ westOpen location code
C43V35M7+V5OpenStreetMap ID
node 9557340039OpenStreetMap feature
natural=capeGeoNames ID
6086899Wikidata ID
Q6990558
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Nelson Head” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Nelson Head (punta sa Canada)”
- Cebuano: “Nelson Head”
- Chinese: “奶路臣岬”
- Dutch: “Nelson Head”
- French: “Nelson Head”
- Romanian: “Nelson Head”
- Swedish: “Nelson Head”
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