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Foxe Peninsula is a peninsula found at the southern end of Baffin Island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. It juts out from the southerly end of the island in a southwestly direction, dividing Foxe Basin and Hudson Strait. Its western extremity is Cape Queen; to the southeast lies the Inuit hamlet of Cape Dorset. Inuksuk Point at the western coast contains more than 100 inuksuit.
Map of Foxe Peninsula, Baffin, Unorganized, NU, Canada
The peninsula is 241 km (150 mi) long and 80 km (50 mi) to 161 km (100 mi) wide.
The peninsula is named for the English explorer Luke Foxe.
References
Foxe Peninsula Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA