Henry Kater Peninsula
Template:Short description The Henry Kater Peninsula (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".)[1] is a peninsula on northern Baffin Island, in Nunavut, Canada. It protrudes in an eastern direction into Davis Strait. It's bounded to the north by Arctic Harbour. Further north lies Clyde Inlet. Home Bay borders the peninsula to the south.
It is named after the English physicist, Henry Kater.
Geography
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Population
There are no permanent communities on Henry Kater Peninsula, though Wenzel noted some Inuit maintained fixed winter residences in villages on the peninsula up through and during the mid 20th century.[4] English trader and hermit Hector Pitchforth lived on the peninsula, dying of starvation in his home in January 1927.[5][6]
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