Kiillinnguyaq

{{Short description|Peninsula in Nunavut, Canada}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox islands | name = Kiillinnguyaq | image_name = Kiillinnguyaq 2022-09-04 Sentinel-2 L2A Highlight Optimized Natural Color.jpg | image_caption = [[Sentinel-2]] image (2022) | image_size = | locator_map = | pushpin_map = Canada Nunavut | native_name = | native_name_link = Inuktitut | nickname = | location = [[Dease Strait]] | coordinates = {{coord|68|32|51|N|107|09|30|W|region:CA-NU_type:isle|notes=<ref name=loca>{{Cite cgndb|OEBZS|Kiillinnguyaq}}</ref>|display=inline,title}} | archipelago = [[Arctic Archipelago]] | total_islands = | major_islands = | area_km2 = | highest_mount = | elevation_m= | country = Canada | country_admin_divisions_title = [[Provinces and territories of Canada|Territory]] | country_admin_divisions = [[Nunavut]] | country_admin_divisions_title_1 = [[List of regions of Nunavut|Region]] | country_admin_divisions_1 = [[Kitikmeot Region|Kitikmeot]] | country_admin_divisions_title_2 = | country_admin_divisions_2 = | country_largest_city = | country_largest_city_population = | country_leader_title = | country_leader_name = | population = Uninhabited | population_as_of = | density_km2 = | ethnic_groups = | additional_info = }}

'''Kiillinnguyaq''',<ref name=loca /> formerly the '''Kent Peninsula''',<ref>{{Cite cgndb|OAIVA|Kent Peninsula}}</ref> is a large [[Arctic]] peninsula, almost totally surrounded by water, in the [[Kitikmeot Region]] of [[Nunavut]]. Were it not for a {{cvt|5|mi|order=flip}} [[isthmus]] at the southeast corner it would be a long island parallel to the coast. From the isthmus it extends {{cvt|105|mi|order=flip}} westward into the [[Coronation Gulf]]. To the south, [[Melville Sound]] separates it from the mainland. To the north is [[Dease Strait]] and then [[Victoria Island]]. To the west is Coronation Gulf and to the east, [[Queen Maud Gulf]]. [[Cape Flinders]] marks the western tip of the peninsula, Cape Franklin is at the northwestern point, and Hiiqtinniq, formerly Cape Alexander<ref>[http://www4.rncan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique/0cf7c5e7849c20c3e37a3f7208ea2f55 Hiiqtinniq (Formerly Cape Alexander)]</ref> marks the northeastern point.<ref>{{cite book|last=McGoogan|first=Ken|title=Fatal Passage: The Story of John Rae, the Arctic Hero Time Forgot|publisher=Basic Books|date=2003|pages=139|isbn=0-7867-1156-6|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JshAgSEHfpkC&q=%22cape+flinders%22+coronation&pg=PA139}}{{Dead link|date=May 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

[[File:Cape Lambert Kent Peninsula Kiillinnguyaq Nunavut Canada.jpg|thumb|left|Alexander Point, Kent Peninsula, now Kiillinnguyaq in [[Nunavut]], Canada]]

Historically, the [[Umingmuktogmiut]] subgroup of the [[Copper Inuit]] had a permanent community at Umingmuktog on the peninsula's western coast.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-NhBAAAAIAAJ&q=%22Prince+Albert+Sound%22&pg=PA50 |pages=28 |title=The Stefánsson-Anderson Arctic Expedition of the American Museum: Preliminary Ethnological Report |last=Stefansson |first=Vilhjalmur |year=1914 |publisher=The Trustees of the American Museum |location=New York |oclc=13626409}}</ref> A landmark for early explorers was Cape Turnagain<ref>Cape Turnagain Kent Peninsula " America & The West Indies Geographically Described" George Long P102 Publisher: HardPress (June 27, 2018)</ref> or Point Turnagain,<ref>Turanagain Point Kent Peninsula "Sailing Directions for Northern Canada - The Coast of Labrador Northwards ..."US Hydrographic Office P 558</ref> located about {{cvt|25|mi|order=flip}} northeast of Cape Flinders, near Cape Franklin at about {{coord|68|36|30|N|108|18|30|W|type:cape_region:CA_scale:300000}}. In 1821, [[John Franklin]] reached the point from the west, at the most northerly point of the disastrous [[Coppermine expedition]] and then turned back. In 1838, [[Thomas Simpson (explorer)|Thomas Simpson]] nearly reached the same point, but was blocked by ice and had to walk {{cvt|100|mi|order=flip}} east. In 1839, the coast was clear of ice and Simpson followed the entire coast eastward.

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[[Category:Peninsulas of the Kitikmeot Region]] [[Category:Hudson's Bay Company trading posts in Nunavut]] [[Category:Former populated places in the Kitikmeot Region]]