Cape Barrow

Cape Barrow is a cape which separates Coronation Gulf from Bathurst Inlet in Nunavut, Canada. It is named in honour of the arctic explorer Sir John Barrow, and is referred to as Haninnek by the local Inuit.

This article is about the cape in Nunavut, Canada. For the headland in Alaska, see Point Barrow.
Cape Barrow
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CAE schooner 'North Star' at shore in Cape Barrow
Cape Barrow
Coordinates: 68°01′00″N 110°07′59″W
LocationNunavut, Canada
Offshore water bodiesCoronation Gulf, Bathurst Inlet

Along with Cape Flinders, it was named in 1821 by Sir John Franklin.

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