{{Short description|Peninsula in Nunavut, Canada}} [[File:Cumberland Peninsula of Baffin Island 2.jpg|thumb|350px|Cumberland Peninsula of Baffin Island, aerial photo by [[Doc Searls]].]] [[File:CumberlandSoundNunavutMap.png|thumb]] '''Cumberland Peninsula''' is a peninsula in the southeastern part of [[Baffin Island]] in [[Nunavut]], Canada. It is located between 64°56' and 67°57' north latitude, and 61°56' to 68° west longitude.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bartleby.com/69/33/C12333.html|title=Cumberland Peninsula|date=2000|work=The Columbia Gazetteer of North America|publisher=bartleby.com|accessdate=2008-10-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050511012902/http://bartleby.com/69/33/C12333.html|archive-date=2005-05-11|url-status=dead}}</ref> The [[Arctic Circle]] crosses the peninsula, with the [[Labrador Sea]] to the southeast, and the [[Davis Strait]] to the east, which lies between the peninsula and [[Greenland]]. The [[Cumberland Sound]] lies to the southwest, separating the Cumberland Peninsula from the [[Hall Peninsula]], which is also part of Baffin Island.

The Cumberland Peninsula is part of the [[Tundra#Arctic|Arctic Tundra]] [[biome]]—the world's coldest and driest biome—as is the rest of [[Baffin Island]]. The terrain is mountainous, and Mt. Odin, near the Arctic Circle, rises {{convert|7044|ft|abbr=on}}.

The peninsula is home to [[Pangnirtung]], which lies on the southwest coast, and the [[Auyuittuq National Park]].

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* Dyke, Arthur S., John T. Andrews, and [[Gifford H. Miller]]. ''Quaternary Geology of Cumberland Peninsula, Baffin Island, District of Franklin''. Ottawa, Canada: Geological Survey of Canada, 1982. {{ISBN|0-660-11182-9}}

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==External links== {{Commons category|Cumberland Peninsula}} *[https://www.flickr.com/photos/docsearls/sets/72157649368195096 Aerial photos of Cumberland Peninsula] by [[Doc Searls]]

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