Hall Peninsula

{{Short description|Peninsula in Nunavut, Canada}} The '''Hall Peninsula'''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tageo.com/index-e-ca-v-14-d-m799567.htm |title=Hall Peninsula |access-date=2008-09-30 |publisher=tageo.com}}</ref> is a peninsula on the southern end of Baffin Island, in Nunavut, Canada. It lies between Frobisher Bay on the west, and the Cumberland Sound on the east between 62°40'N and 65°10'W. The Hall Peninsula is part of the Arctic Tundra biome—the world's coldest and driest biome. The Blunt Peninsula extends off the southeastern part of the Hall Peninsula.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oceandots.com/arctic/canada/loks-land.php|title=Loks Land (Takuligjuaq)|access-date=2008-09-30|publisher=oceandots.com|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101223015139/http://www.oceandots.com/arctic/canada/loks-land.php|archive-date=December 23, 2010}}</ref>

The Hall Peninsula includes the Chidliak Kimberlite Province, which had been found to include diamond-bearing kimberlite pipes.<ref name=Pell>Pell, J., Grütter H., Neilson S., Lockhart, G., Dempsey, S. and Grenon, H. 2013. Exploration and discovery of the Chidliak Kimberlite Province, Baffin Island, Nunavut: Canada’s newest diamond district. Proceedings of the 10th International Kimberlite Conference, Bangalore; Springer, New Delhi; extended abstract, 4 p.</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

{{Coord|63|30|N|066|00|W|display=title|name=Hall Peninsula|region:CA-NU_scale:500000}}

Category:Peninsulas of Baffin Island