Melville Peninsula

To the east is Foxe Basin and to the west the Gulf of Boothia.

To the north the Fury and Hecla Strait separates it from Baffin Island.

Between 1821 and 1823 its east side was mapped by William Edward Parry, who named the peninsula (along with Melville Island) after Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville First Sea Lord of the Admiralty.

Communities on the peninsula include the hamlets of Naujaat and Sanirajak.

The hamlet of Igloolik is located on an island lying just off the northeastern coast of the peninsula.

The Melville Peninsula is on the west side of Foxe Basin .
Boothia and Melville Peninsulas, Nunavut, Canada. To the north of Melville Peninsula is Baffin Island .