Nelson Head
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Nelson Head
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Nelson Head est un cap du Nord canadien dans les Territoires du Nord-Ouest.
Géographie
Il s'agit du point le plus au sud de l'île Banks dans le golfe d'Amundsen.
Histoire
Nelson Head est un des lieux d'habitation ancestral des Kangiryuarmiut[1].
Le cap a été nommé ainsi le par Robert McClure durant son expédition de recherche de John Franklin en hommage à Horatio Nelson[2].
Notes et références
- ↑ V. Stefansson, « Prehistoric and Present Commerce among the Arctic Coast Eskimo », Geological Survey Museum Bulletin, vol. 6, , p. 14 (lire en ligne)
- ↑ Alexander Armstrong, A Personal Narrative of the Discovery of the Northwest Passage, London, Hurst and Blackett, (lire en ligne), 211
Liens externes
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