Cape Prescott is a headland in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada.
Cape Prescott | |
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_-_1875.jpg) HMS Alert off Cape Prescott in 1875 | |
  Cape Prescott Location in Nunavut | |
| Coordinates: 79°26′N 74°10′W / 79.433°N 74.167°W[1] | |
| Location | Ellesmere Island |
| Offshore water bodies | Nares Strait |
The cape was named by the 1875–1876 British Arctic Expedition led by Captain George Nares.[2] There is an abundance of walruses in the area.[3]
Geography
editCape Prescott is located in the eastern coast of Ellesmere Island, southwest of the Allman Bay and of the Darling Peninsula in the Nares Strait area. Cape D’Urville is located 5.5 km (3.4 mi) to the northeast, and Cape Hawks to the east northeast, on the other side of the mouth of Allman Bay. Norman Lockyer Island lies 9 km (5.6 mi) west southwest of Cape Prescott.[4][unreliable source?][5][failed verification]
References
edit- ^ "Cape Prescott". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
- ^ "The British Arctic Expedition, 1875-1876: A forgotten expedition". www.rmg.co.uk. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
- ^ "Survey routes flown in the Bache Peninsula area of eastern Ellesmere Island".
- ^ English: 1:1,000,000 scale Operational Navigation Chart, Sheet B-8, 3rd edition, April 1976, retrieved 6 January 2023
- ^ "Canadian sailing directions, ARC 402 : eastern Arctic" (PDF).
External links
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Media related to Cape Prescott at Wikimedia Commons- Full text of "Journals and proceedings of the Arctic Expedition, 1875-6, under the command of Captain Sir George S. Nares, R.N., K.C.B"
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