# Simpson Peninsula

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{{Short description|Peninsula in Nunavut, Canada}}
thumb|Simpson Peninsula is the north-pointing peninsula between Boothia Peninsula and Melville Peninsula

The '''Simpson Peninsula''' is a peninsula in the [Gulf of Boothia](/source/Gulf_of_Boothia) in Canada's [Nunavut](/source/Nunavut) territory. It is surrounded by waterways on three sides: [Pelly Bay](/source/Pelly_Bay_(Nunavut)) to the west, the [Gulf of Boothia](/source/Gulf_of_Boothia) to the north, and [Committee Bay](/source/Committee_Bay) to the east. [Kugaaruk](/source/Kugaaruk), a [Netsilik Inuit](/source/Netsilik_Inuit) [hamlet](/source/hamlet_(place)), is located on its western coast.

It was explored by [John Rae](/source/John_Rae_(explorer)) in 1847 and named for [Sir George Simpson](/source/George_Simpson_(administrator)).<ref>{{cite journal|title=John Rae|last=Houston|first=C.G.|journal=Arctic|publisher=ucalgary.ca|pages=78, 79|url=http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic40-1-78.pdf|doi=10.14430/arctic1749}}</ref>

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Category:Peninsulas of the Kitikmeot Region

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