Parry Peninsula

{{Short description|Peninsula on north coast of Canada's Northwest Territories}} {{Infobox islands |name=Parry Peninsula |local_name= |image_name=Parry Peninsula 2021-07-20 Sentinel-2 L2A Highlight Optimized Natural Color.jpg |image_caption= Sentinel-2 image (2021) of the peninsula with Paulatuk and Hornaday River delta in the bottom right corner. |map = Canada Northwest Territories |map_caption = Location of the Parry Peninsula in the Northwest Territories |location = Northwest Territories, Canada |coordinates = {{coord|69.667|N|124.667|W|display=inline,title|source:dewiki}} |country =Canada |waterbody ='''Arctic Ocean'''{{Plainlist| *Franklin Bay *Amundsen Gulf *Darnley Bay}} }}

The '''Parry Peninsula''' on the north coast of Canada's Northwest Territories is bounded on the west by Franklin Bay, on the north by Amundsen Gulf, and on the east by Darnley Bay. The nearest settlement is Paulatuk. It is also home to the Cape Parry Migratory Bird Sanctuary on the northern extremity of the Parry Peninsula.<ref name="birdsanctuary">{{cite web|title=Cape Parry Migratory Bird Sanctuary|url=http://ec.gc.ca/ap-pa/default.asp?lang=En&n=BAAC4123-1|website=Environment and Climate Change Canada|publisher=Government of Canada|accessdate=4 March 2016}}</ref>

==History== It is named for the Arctic explorer William Edward Parry, as well as the similarly named Cape Parry at its northern tip. A Distant Early Warning Line site is also located on the northern tip of the peninsula, that switched operations in 1989 to the North Warning System.<ref name="CapeParrydew">{{cite web|last1=Wilson|first1=Larry|title=Cape Parry NWT PIN-Main|url=http://lswilson.dewlineadventures.com/pin-main.htm|website=Larry Wilson - Dew Line Adventures|publisher=Dew Line Adventures|accessdate=4 March 2016}}{{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

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===Further reading=== {{Refbegin}} *{{cite book|author1=Daniel Ernest Kerr|author2=Geological Survey of Canada|editor1-last=Ernest Kerr|editor1-first=Daniel|title=Late quaternary stratigraphy and depositional history of the Parry Peninsula-Perry River area, District of MacKenzie, Northwest Territories /|date=1994|isbn=0-660-15411-0|pages=34|edition=465|url=http://publications.gc.ca/site/eng/9.610994/publication.html|accessdate=4 March 2016|language=English, French|format=Book, Geology, Stratigraphy}} {{refend}} Category:Peninsulas of the Northwest Territories