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Peninsula - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia A peninsula (from Latin "paene insula", almost island) is a geographical formation consisting of an extension of land from a larger body, surrounded by water on three sides. A peninsula can also be a headland, cape, promontory, bill, or spit. Iberian Peninsula, continental Spain and Portugal, Andorra and the British dependency of Gibraltar. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Peninsula   (254 words)

Melville Peninsula. The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. 2000 Peninsula is c.250 mi/400 km long and 70 mi/113 km–135 mi/217 km wide. Numerous streams radiate from the peninsula’s central hilly sect., which rises to 1,850 ft/564 m. Hall L. (c.200 sq mi/520 sq km) lies near the NE coast, and in the S portion of the peninsula are many connected lakes. www.bartleby.com /69/23/M05923.html   (176 words)

Melville Peninsula It is joined to the Canadian mainland by Rae Isthmus, is bounded on its west side by Committee Bay and is separated from BAFFIN ISLAND in the north by Fury and Hecla Strait; it faces FOXE BASIN in the east. The faults and intrusions associated with the peninsula's general uplift have become the focus of erosion, and steep-walled canyons, 90-175 m deep, have developed. The hamlet of HALL BEACH lies on the eastern shore of the peninsula. www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&ArticleId=A0005224   (287 words)

Melville Peninsula   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) Melville Peninsula is a rugged peninsula forming the east end of the Arctic coastline in the territory Nunavut. It is separated on the north from BAFFIN ISLAND by FURY AND HECLA STRAIT. The Inuit have lived on the peninsula for 800 years. www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /PrinterFriendly.cfm?ArticleId=J0005224   (82 words)

REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS OF PEREGRINE FALCONS AND OTHER RAPTORS AT WAGER BAY AND MELVILLE PENINSULA NORTHWEST TERRITORIES Thus, the Wager Bay and Melville Peninsula populations are virtually identical in their use of nest types. We calculate the breeding density at Wager Bay and Melville Peninsula at approximately 1 pair/50 km 2 (assuming that the area occupied by a pair equals the area of a circle of radius " the inter-nest distance). Both the Wager Bay and the Melville Peninsula Peregrine Falcon populations are considered to be undepleted populations. elibrary.unm.edu /sora/Auk/v096n04/p0662-p0674.html   (8634 words)

Melville Peninsula on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) Navigator and NDT Acquire Option on Land Position on Melville Peninsula. Diamonds discovered on Melville Peninsula, Nunavut major land position acquired. History, legend, and poetic tradition in Melville's "The Scout toward Aldie". www.encyclopedia.com /html/M/MelvleP1e.asp   (286 words)

[No title] In both Nabokov and Melville the theme of polar exploration and its associations with the exploration in literature for inner truth is portrayed as a noble quest. Melville’s aunt Mary was the wife of John D’Wolf, an old sea captain who had crossed Siberia by dogsled with Georg H. von Langsdorff, the naturalist who accompanied the Russian Admiral J. Krusenstern on his arctic expedition. In Herman Melville, Pierre or the Ambiguities, Evanston: Northwestern University Press, ([1852], 1971), Melville as the narrator posits, “In those Hyperborian Regions, to which enthusiastic Truth and Earnestness, and Independence, will invariably lead a mind fitted by nature for profound and fearless thought, all objects are seen in a dubious, uncertain, and refracting light. staffweb.library.vanderbilt.edu /libtech/stringer/melnab.doc   (3156 words)

Melville Peninsula - Search Results - MSN Encarta Melville Peninsula - Search Results - MSN Encarta Melville Peninsula, in Nunavut, northern Canada, between the Gulf of Boothia and Foxe Basin, and north of Hudson Bay and south of Baffin Island. Darwin (formerly Port Darwin), capital of the Northern Territory, northern Australia, situated on Clarence Strait opposite Melville Island, on a... uk.encarta.msn.com /Melville_Peninsula.html   (116 words)

ABSTRACT: Age and origin of upland block fields on Melville Peninsula, Eastern Canadian Arctic.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) Block fields have developed on gently graded uplands of granite and gneiss oncentral and southern Melville Peninsula. The location of block fields is not controlled by elevation, but rather by areas covered by cold-based ice during the last glaciation. Frost processes are active in the modern environment but the extent of riven bedrock and the size of recent patterned ground forms on postglacial surfaces are insufficient to account for the forms in the block fields. cgrg.geog.uvic.ca /abstracts/DredgeAgeBlock.html   (174 words)

State of the Marine Environment Report for Australia: Technical Annex 3 - Issues in the Northern Territory marine ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) The Nabalco bauxite mine at Nhulunbuy lies inland and the ore is transported by conveyor to the alumina refinery on Gove peninsula. Studies of tidal movements and subsequent impact on the distribution of sediments in Melville Bay are presented by Foster et. The sediments of the small embayments on the southern side of the peninsula are fine mud and silts and are highly anoxic. www.deh.gov.au /coasts/publications/somer/annex3/nt.html   (5427 words)

Printable Version on Encyclopedia.com Numerous streams radiate from the peninsula's central hilly section, which rises to 1,850 ft (564 m). Hall Lake (c.200 sq mi/520 sq km) lies near the northeast coast, and in the southern portion of the peninsula are many connected lakes. Encyclopedia.com is a service of HighBeam Research, Inc. www.encyclopedia.com /printable.aspx?id=1E1:melvlepe   (79 words)

Stockwatch > News > News Item   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) That hunt began several years ago, when Stornoway Diamond Corp. discovered a kimberlite outcrop with a hefty grade on Melville Peninsula, to the east of Indicator's projects. The property is roughly 250 kilometres west of where Stornoway Diamond Corp. is busy with its promising Aviat project on the northern part of Melville Peninsula. Barrow is also 200 kilometres northwest of the Qilalugaq play, where BHP Billiton diamonds produced a cluster of diamondiferous pipes as the southern end of the peninsula. new.stockwatch.com /swnet/newsit/newsit_newsit.aspx?bid=B-486590-C:IME&symbol=IME&news_region=C   (1608 words)

Ross' Gull "Two specimens of this Gull were killed on the coast of Melville Peninsula, on Sir EDWARD PARRY's second voyage, one of which is preserved in the Museum of the University of Edinburgh, and the other was presented tO JOSEPH SABINE, Esq. It is to Commander Ross, who killed the first specimen which was obtained, that the species is dedicated, as a tribute for his unwearied exertions in the promotion of natural history on the late Arctic voyages, in all of which he bore a part. Of the peculiar habits or winter retreat of this species nothing is known. www.audubon.org /bird/boa/F42_G3b.html   (373 words)

Repulse Bay, Canada Forming the most north-easterly point of mainland Nunavut (designated an independent territory in 1999), is the Melville Peninsula, over an isthmus just 70 km (43 mi.) wide separating Hudson Bay from the Gulf of Boothia. Repulse Bay (Naufaat) lies on the south side of the isthmus exactly on the Arctic Circle (marked by an arc of stones at the airfield). When the American explorer Hall arrived here around 1864 an Inuit from Repulse Bay was able to draw him an astonishingly accurate map of Foxe Basin (between the Melville Peninsula and Baffin Island) which was of inestimable value. www.planetware.com /canada/repulse-bay-cdn-nu-nurb.htm   (336 words)

An Overview of the Geology of Nunavut Rocks of the Prince Albert Group continue northeastward across the Melville Peninsula and onto northern Baffin Island, where they are represented by the Mary River Group. Younger siliciclastic and carbonate rocks of the Penrhyn Group on the southern Melville Peninsula, and their along-strike correlatives of the Piling Group (central Baffin Island) represent a continental margin succession deposited on Archean crust. In northernmost Nunavut the Eureakan orogeny is characterized by compression and strike slip faulting, a consequence of the rotation of Greenland. instruct.uwo.ca /earth-sci/300b-001/seg/scott.htm   (1291 words)

The queens of diamonds   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) Stornoway is part of a joint venture that has found two diamond-bearing rock formations in the Melville Peninsula, a remote tip of land in Nunavut that reaches to Baffin Island. The Melville project is still at a very early stage and it will be a long time, if ever, before a decision is made to build a mine there. The Melville Peninsula diamond hunt began in November, 2001, when Stornoway linked up with Northern Empire Minerals Ltd. and privately held Hunter Exploration Group, two Vancouver-based exploration juniors connected to geologist John Robins. www.canada.com /national/features/womensday/story.html?id=22020CE8-06AC-4AE3-91CE-EF259CB4A946   (803 words)

Foxe Basin Foxe Basin, a widening of the waterway between Baffin Island and the Melville Peninsula, c.340 mi (550 km) long and c.225 mi (360 km) wide, Nunavut Territory, Canada. The basin is shallow and is ice-clogged most of the year. Melville Peninsula - Melville Peninsula, 24,156 sq mi (62,564 sq km), c.250 mi (400 km) long and from 70 to 135 mi... www.factmonster.com /ce6/world/A0819391.html   (166 words)

Jack;s "Hall Beach, Nunavut (NWT) Canada" Page Also referred to as a hamlet because of its size, Hall Beach holds the distinction as one of the few permanently populated communities north of the Arctic Circle at 68 deg. Melville Peninsula: A peninsula of eastern Northwest Territories, Canada, between Foxe Basin and an arm of the Gulf of Boothia. Foxe Basin: An arm of the Atlantic Ocean between the Melville Peninsula and Baffin Island. www.croatianmall.com /lupic/beach   (1556 words)

FAQ - Roche Bay plc! Roche Bay plc is an emerging iron-ore mining company that owns 10,973 acres of 21-year renewable Government of Canada Crown mining leases (sub-surface mineral rights) at Roche Bay on the Melville Peninsula in Nunavut, Canada. Prior to 1978, Roche Bay's predecessor acquired 233 claims from its initial permits on the Melville Peninsula obtained in 1965, converting those claims into 21-year renewable Government of Canada leases in 1978 and 1979. Roche Bay is found on the Melville Peninsula in Nunavut, Canada above the Arctic Circle. www.rochebay.com /faq.shtml   (1878 words)

Melville Peninsula - yourDictionary.com - American Heritage Dictionary   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) Melville Peninsula - yourDictionary.com - American Heritage Dictionary A peninsula of central Nunavut, Canada, between Foxe Basin and an arm of the Gulf of Boothia. It is separated from Baffin Island by a narrow strait. www.yourdictionary.com /ahd/m/m0210100.html   (46 words)

Stornoway Diamond Corporation: Eastern Arctic Landholdings Increased to More Than 20 Million Acres : ArriveNet Press ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) On February 2nd, 2004 a further 5.5 million acres of permits were granted on the south central portion of the Melville Peninsula situated north of BHP Billiton's Qilalugaq (Area 8) property and immediately south of the Aviat Project. In addition, permits totaling 284,547 acres were acquired on Wales Island, situated immediately west of the Melville Peninsula. Stornoway now maintains varying interests in more than 12 million acres of prospective diamond properties throughout the Melville Peninsula, including a 70% interest in the 5.5 million acre Aviat Project where the discovery of the diamondiferous AV-1 and AV-2 kimberlites were announced last year. press.arrivenet.com /industry/article.php/139049.html   (822 words)

Subterfuge in Iqaluit   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) Hunter is part of the Aviat Project Joint Venture on Melville Peninsula. The return for the pair's improvised cloak and dagger operation was impressive: permitted rights to 1.3 million acres on Melville Peninsula. Robins and the Aviat group recently acquired permitting rights to another 5.5 million acres on Melville Peninsula. www.nnsl.com /frames/newspapers/2003-02/feb10_03spy.html   (360 words)

Stornoway Announces 2005 Budget for Aviat Property - Stornoway Diamonds Corp. The initial targets are high priority geophysical anomalies situated under lakes within the Tremblay Corridor, a 75km by 3-8 km northwest trending zone that has shown outstanding kimberlite indicator mineral counts and chemistry from till samples collected between 2002 and 2004. The Aviat Project is a joint venture between Stornoway Diamond Corporation (70%), BHP Billiton (20%) and Hunter Exploration Group and occupies 4.5 million acres on the Melville Peninsula, north of Hudson Bay. Stornoway is a diamond exploration company with extensive landholdings (approximately 20 million acres) located in ten key project areas in northern Canada. www.stornowaydiamonds.com /news/2005/index.php?mod=cnt&act=cnt&id=154   (344 words)

Peninsulas around the World quiz -- free game Peninsulas and Capes : Peninsulas around the World Which Ukrainian peninsula is directly west of the Sea of Azov? What peninsula is the city Baku situated on? www.funtrivia.com /playquiz.cfm?qid=125292   (124 words)

Mining in the North   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) Iglulik - One of the most attention grabbing diamond finds in the North over the past several years is in Nunavut. In February, three small Canadian mining firms made the first confirmed diamond find in the Melville Peninsula. The Aviat partners kept the find a closely guarded secret while acquiring additional exploration rights in the Melville Peninsula. www.nnsl.com /ops/Mining_03/jun27_03dia.html   (443 words)

Che-Mun 113 - Ottertooth.com Meanwhile, the upstart coalition of junior mining firms that beat out mining giant BHP in a claim-staking battle over diamond exploration rights in the Melville Peninsula is now joining forces with its former rival. The Aviat project was born after prospectors from the Hunter group conducted a fruitless search across the Melville Peninsula in 2001, looking for signs of nickel, copper and gold, but finding nothing. Using the last of their limited budget, they tested some till samples – or piles of dirt and rock – at a laboratory. www.ottertooth.com /che-mun/113/113-6.htm   (990 words)

Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Middle Arctic tundra (NA1115) Summer mean temperatures range from 0.5°C in the north central part of the ecoregion to 4.5°C in the south central area. Winter mean temperatures vary between -30°C in the northern and western part of the ecoregion and -20°C in the northern Ungava peninsula. In the east, the Meta Incognita Peninsula, Wager Bay Plateau, and Northern Ungava Peninsula are described as having a low arctic ecoclimate where shrub tundra vegetation dominates, while tall dwarf birch (Betula spp.), willow (Salix spp.) and alder (Alnus spp.) occur on warm sites. www.worldwildlife.org /wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/na/na1115_full.html   (1083 words)

AllRefer.com - Melville Peninsula, Canada (Canadian Physical Geography) - Encyclopedia AllRefer.com - Melville Peninsula, Canada (Canadian Physical Geography) - Encyclopedia You are here : AllRefer.com > Reference > Encyclopedia > Canadian Physical Geography > Melville Peninsula More articles from AllRefer Reference on Melville Peninsula reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/M/MelvlePe.html   (176 words)

Peninsula   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) A peninsula is a geographical formation consisting of an extension of land from a larger body that is by water on three sides. Iberian Peninsula encompassing the whole of Spain and Portugal Yucatán Peninsula partly separating the Gulf of from the Caribbean Sea www.freeglossary.com /Peninsula   (645 words)

ALIAS Igloolik is a small island in Foxe Basin, is located in the middle of a narrow passageway between Baffin Island and the Melville Peninsula, of mainland Canada. The nearest freshwater system occurs on nearby Melville Peninsula and consists of the Lailor Lake system which flows from short rivers into Mogg Bay. The island is bounded by Fury and Hecla straits and separated on the south from the mainland by Hooper Inlet. siempre.arcus.org /4DACTION/wi_alias_fsDrawPage/1/44   (1602 words)

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