It is named after the English physicist, Henry Kater.
[2] Its highest point rises 272 m (892 ft) above sea level.
[3] There are no permanent communities on Henry Kater Peninsula, though Wenzel noted some Inuit maintained fixed winter residences in villages on the peninsula up through and during the mid 20th century.
[4] English trader and hermit Hector Pitchforth lived on the peninsula, dying of starvation in his home in January 1927.
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