# Cape Flinders

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**Cape Flinders** is a [headland](/source/Headland) in the [northern Canadian](/source/Northern_Canada) territory of [Nunavut](/source/Nunavut). It is located on the western point of the Kent Peninsula, now known as [Kiillinnguyaq](/source/Kiillinnguyaq).[1]

The cape was named by Sir [John Franklin](/source/John_Franklin) in 1821[2] after the navigator [Matthew Flinders](/source/Matthew_Flinders).

## References

1. McGoogan, Ken (2003). [*Fatal Passage: The Story of John Rae, the Arctic Hero Time Forgot*](https://books.google.com/books?id=JshAgSEHfpkC&q=%22cape+flinders%22+coronation&pg=PA139). Basic Books. p. 139. ISBN 0-7867-1156-6.[dead link]

1. Murphy, David (2004). [*The Arctic Fox: Francis Leopold McClintock*](https://books.google.com/books?id=YshbpPnEfr8C&q=%22cape+flinders%22+canada&pg=PA25). Dundurn Press Ltd. p. 25. ISBN 1-55002-523-6.

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