{{Short description|Landform in the Canadian Arctic territory of Nunavut}} {{Use Canadian English|date=May 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2024}} {{Infobox landform | name = Lady Franklin Point | other_name = | type = [[Headland]] | image = | image_size = | caption = | pushpin_map = Canada Nunavut | map_width = | map_caption = | location = [[Victoria Island]], [[Nunavut]], Canada | water_bodies = [[Coronation Gulf]], [[Dolphin and Union Strait]] | coordinates = {{coord|68|29|N|113|15|W|region:CA-NU_scale:100000|notes=<ref>{{Cite cgndb|OAJMJ|Lady Franklin Point|access-date=20 May 2024}}</ref>|display=inline,title|name=Lady Franklin Point}} | elevation = | area = | references = }}
'''Lady Franklin Point''' is a landform in the [[Northern Canada|Canadian Arctic]] territory of [[Nunavut]]. It is located on southwestern [[Victoria Island]] in the [[Coronation Gulf]] by [[Austin Bay (Nunavut)|Austin Bay]] at the eastern entrance of [[Dolphin and Union Strait]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bartleby.com/69/33/L00733.html|title=Lady Franklin Point|date=2000|work=The Columbia Gazetteer of North America|publisher=bartleby.com|access-date=3 November 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051123163819/http://www5.bartleby.com/69/33/L00733.html|archive-date=23 November 2005}}</ref>
The point is uninhabited but still had an active [[North Warning System]]. Originally part of the [[Distant Early Warning Line]] in the [[Northwest Territories]], the site is known as PIN-3.<ref name="PIN-3">{{cite web |title=PIN-3 Lady Franklin Point, Nunavut |url=https://lswilson.dewlineadventures.com/pin3/ |access-date=21 May 2024 |website=The DEWLine |language=en-CA}}</ref> On 10 January 2000, the unmanned site caught fire and was almost totally destroyed.<ref name=PIN-3/>
Named after [[Jane Griffin (Lady Franklin)|Jane Griffin, Lady Franklin]], it was the historical area of [[Nagyuktogmiut]], a [[Copper Inuit]] subgroup.<ref name="prehistoric">{{cite journal|last1=Stefansson |first1=Vilhjalmur |authorlink=Vilhjalmur Stefansson |date=30 December 1914|title=Prehistoric and Present Commerce among the Arctic Coast Eskimo|journal=Geological Survey Museum Bulletin|volume=6|pages=14|url=https://archive.org/stream/prehistoricprese00stefiala/prehistoricprese00stefiala_djvu.txt}}</ref>
==Climate== {{Lady Franklin Point weatherbox}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Headlands of Nunavut}} {{Peninsulas of Nunavut}} {{Subdivisions of Nunavut}}
[[Category:Peninsulas of the Kitikmeot Region]] [[Category:Headlands of the Kitikmeot Region]] [[Category:Victoria Island (Canada)]] [[Category:Former populated places in the Kitikmeot Region]]