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Siorarsuk Peninsula

Siorarsuk Peninsula: “

Rosiestep: [[WP:AES|←]]Created page with ””Siorarsuk Peninsula”'<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.traveljournals.net/explore/canada/map/m809933/siorarsuk_peninsula.html |title=Siorarsuk Peninsula, Canada |…’


”’Siorarsuk Peninsula”'<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.traveljournals.net/explore/canada/map/m809933/siorarsuk_peninsula.html |title=Siorarsuk Peninsula, Canada |accessdate=2008-10-01 |publisher=traveljournals.net}}</ref> is a finger-shaped [[peninsula]] in northern [[Baffin Island]] in the [[Qikiqtaaluk Region]] of [[Nunavut]], [[Canada]]. It juts into the [[Foxe Basin]] north of the [[Melville Peninsula]]. [[Jens Munk Island]] is {{convert|2.5|km|mi}} southeast of it, separated by the South Passage.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oceandots.com/arctic/canada/jens-munk.htm |title=Jens Munk Island |accessdate=2008-10-01 |last= |first= |coauthors= |date= |work= |publisher=oceandots.com}}</ref>

[[Bowhead whales]]s are known to congregate in the area until western [[Igloolik]] is ice-free, at which time they travel to that region.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://209.85.173.104/search?q=cache:UBv3z7ccTHkJ:www.nwmb.com/english/resources/Bowheadreport1.pdf+Siorarsuk&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=22&gl=us&client=firefox-a |pages=p. 29 |title=Final Report of the Inuit Bowhead Knowledge Study |accessdate=2008-10-01 |last=Hay |first=Keith |coauthors= |date=March, 2000 |work= |publisher=nwmb.com}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Peninsulas of Qikiqtaaluk Region]]
[[Category:Baffin Island]]
[[Category:Foxe Basin]]

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(Via Wikipedia – New pages [en].)

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