Baird Peninsula is a peninsula in west central Baffin Island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. It juts into the Foxe Basin past Longstaff Bluff. Prince Charles Island lies to the south. [1]
It is named in honor of the Scottish explorer and glaciologist Colonel Patrick Douglas Baird (1913–1984). [2]
68°55′N 076°00′W / 68.917°N 76.000°W
Baird Peninsula is a peninsula in west central Baffin Island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. It juts into the Foxe Basin past Longstaff Bluff. Prince Charles Island lies to the south. [1]
It is named in honor of the Scottish explorer and glaciologist Colonel Patrick Douglas Baird (1913–1984). [2]
68°55′N 076°00′W / 68.917°N 76.000°W