{{Short description|Peninsula in Nunavut, Canada}} [[File:Mid-Borden Peninsula, Baffin Island.jpg|thumb|Mid-Borden Peninsula. Erosion of [[Proterozoic]] redbeds throws iron stain into Mala River sediments. ]] [[File:Operational_Navigation_Chart_B-8%2C_3rd_edition.jpg|thumb|ONC map sheet showing Borden Peninsula]] [[File:Sirmilik_National_Park_geography.jpg|thumb|NASA image]] <mapframe text="Borden Peninsula" width=242 height=242 zoom=5 latitude=72.999722 longitude=-83/> The '''Borden Peninsula'''<ref name="bartleby">{{cite web |url=http://www.bartleby.com/69/75/B08775.html |title=Borden Peninsula |accessdate=2008-09-22 |date=2000 |work=The Columbia Gazetteer of North America |publisher=bartleby.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050422161533/http://bartleby.com/69/75/B08775.html |archive-date=2005-04-22 }}</ref> is a [[peninsula]] on northern [[Baffin Island]], in [[Nunavut]], Canada. It lies some 80 km south of [[Devon Island]] (Cape Warrender), from which it is separated by [[Lancaster Sound]]. Northeastern Borden Peninsula is home to [[Sirmilik National Park]].
==Geography== Borden Peninsula extends north for {{convert|225|km|abbr=on}}. It is {{convert|64|km|abbr=on}} - {{convert|169|km|abbr=on}} wide.<ref name="bartleby"/>
The northern area, including the [[Hartz Mountains (Nunavut)|Hartz Mountains]], are composed of flat, dissected rock rising to over {{convert|914|m|abbr=on}} above [[sea level]]. The [[Magda Plateau]] is to the south where river valleys occupy the land, dividing [[escarpment|scarps]] and flat-topped hills. 10 to 35 km wide [[Admiralty Inlet (Nunavut)|Admiralty Inlet]] forms a western border, west of which is [[Brodeur Peninsula]]. 8 to 20 km wide [[Navy Board Inlet]] forms a border to the east, separating the peninsula from [[Bylot Island]]. Navy Board Inlet's coastal cliffs rise to {{convert|457|m|abbr=on}}.<ref name="bartleby"/> <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arctic.uoguelph.ca/cpe/environments/maps/detailed/islands/baffin.htm|title=Baffin Island|accessdate=2008-09-22|publisher=uoguelph.ca|archive-date=2021-02-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210211205425/http://www.arctic.uoguelph.ca/cpe/environments/maps/detailed/islands/baffin.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Population== The [[Inuit]] community of [[Arctic Bay]] is on the western coast.
==Industry== The peninsula has seen mining activity for decades, especially for diamonds.<ref>{{cite news|first=Derek|last=Iwanaka|title=Committee Bay Resources Ltd.: Kimberlite Discovered at Borden Peninsula, Nunavut, Canada|url=http://ca.news.finance.yahoo.com/s/25082008/28/link-f-ccnmatthews-committee-bay-resources-ltd-kimberlite-discovered-borden-peninsula.html|publisher=finance.yahoo.com|date=2008-08-25|accessdate=2008-09-22}}{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}} *{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20101223043232/http://www.oceandots.com/arctic/canada/borden-peninsula.php Borden Peninsula]}} at the [[Atlas of Canada]]
==External links== *{{cite web|url=http://www.oceandots.com/arctic/canada/borden-peninsula.php |title=Aerial photo |accessdate=2009-03-14 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101223043232/http://www.oceandots.com/arctic/canada/borden-peninsula.php |archive-date=2010-12-23 }}
{{coord|72|59|59|N|083|00|00|W|region:CA-NU_scale:500000|display=title|name=Borden Peninsula}}
{{Peninsulas of Nunavut}}
[[Category:Peninsulas of Baffin Island]]
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