Melville Peninsula
Americannoun
noun
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Dr. Richardson states that 'Knots were observed breeding on Melville Peninsula by Captain Lyon, who tells us that they lay four eggs on a tuft of withered grass, without being at the pains of forming any nest.'
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In the northern part of Fox Channel, on the western shore, is Melville Peninsula, where Parry wintered on his second voyage.
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Sailing round Melville Peninsula, we come into the gulf of Akkolee, through Fury and Hecla Straits, discovered by Parry.
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An expedition from the University of Pennsylvania found a big village of the shadowy Dorset people on bleak Melville Peninsula.
From Time Magazine Archive
Notes on the coastal district of the eastern Barren Grounds and Melville Peninsula from Igloolik to Cape Fullerton.
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