# Hoppner River

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River in Nunavut, Canada

Hoppner River Location of Mouth Location Country Canada Territory Nunavut Physical characteristics Mouth • location Dolphin and Union Strait/ Amundsen Gulf Length >70 km (43 mi)

The **Hoppner River** flows northward from [Wollaston Peninsula](/source/Wollaston_Peninsula) (previously referred to as [Wollaston](/source/William_Hyde_Wollaston) Land) into [Dolphin and Union Strait](/source/Dolphin_and_Union_Strait) at the juncture with the [Amundsen Gulf](/source/Amundsen_Gulf) in [Nunavut](/source/Nunavut), Canada. [Long-tailed duck](/source/Long-tailed_duck) (*Harelda glacialis*) frequent the area.[1]

The river is one of several landforms named in honour of [Royal Navy](/source/Royal_Navy) officer and [Arctic explorer](/source/Arctic_exploration) [Henry Parkyns Hoppner](/source/Henry_Parkyns_Hoppner) who charted the region during [William Edward Parry's](/source/William_Parry_(explorer)) First, Second, and Third [Arctic](/source/Arctic) Expeditions.[2]

## See also

- [List of rivers of Nunavut](/source/List_of_rivers_of_Nunavut)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["174 POINT CLIFTON.-HOPPNER RIVER"](http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=moa&cc=moa&sid=95e3f6e828e116b80d4cccd93c806bc1&view=text&rgn=main&idno=AJA5418.0001.001). umich.edu. Retrieved 2008-10-04.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Taylor, Isaac (1898). [*Names and Their Histories: A Handbook of Historical Geography and Topographical Nomenclature*](https://archive.org/details/namesandtheirhi00taylgoog). London: Rivingtons. pp. [149](https://archive.org/details/namesandtheirhi00taylgoog/page/n163). [OCLC](/source/OCLC_(identifier)) [4161840](https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/4161840). HP Hoppner.

[68°58′37″N 117°43′50″W / 68.97694°N 117.73056°W / 68.97694; -117.73056 (Hoppner River mouth)](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Hoppner_River&params=68_58_37_N_117_43_50_W_type:waterbody_region:CA-NU&title=Hoppner+River+mouth)

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