Parry Peninsula

Parry Peninsula

Sentinel-2 image (2021) of the peninsula with Paulatuk and Hornaday River delta in the bottom right corner.
Parry Peninsula Location of the Parry Peninsula in the Northwest Territories
Geography
Location	Northwest Territories, Canada
Coordinates	69.667°N 124.667°W / 69.667; -124.667
Adjacent to	Arctic Ocean Franklin Bay Amundsen Gulf Darnley Bay
Administration
Canada

The Parry Peninsula on the north coast of Canada's Northwest Territories is bounded on the west by Franklin Bay, on the north by Amundsen Gulf, and on the east by Darnley Bay. The nearest settlement is Paulatuk. It is also home to the Cape Parry Migratory Bird Sanctuary on the northern extremity of the Parry Peninsula.

History

It is named for the Arctic explorer William Edward Parry, as well as the similarly named Cape Parry at its northern tip. A Distant Early Warning Line site is also located on the northern tip of the peninsula, that switched operations in 1989 to the North Warning System.

See also

• Cape Parry
• Paulatuk
• Distant Early Warning Line

References

Further reading

• Daniel Ernest Kerr; Geological Survey of Canada (1994). Ernest Kerr, Daniel (ed.). Late quaternary stratigraphy and depositional history of the Parry Peninsula-Perry River area, District of MacKenzie, Northwest Territories / (Book, Geology, Stratigraphy) (in English and French) (465 ed.). p. 34. ISBN 0-660-15411-0. Retrieved 4 March 2016.