Cape Barrow is a cape which separates Coronation Gulf from Bathurst Inlet in Nunavut, Canada. It is named in honour of the arctic explorer Sir John Barrow, and is referred to as Haninnek by the local Inuit.[2]

Cape Barrow
Cape
CAE schooner 'North Star' at shore in Cape Barrow
Cape Barrow
Coordinates: 68°01′00″N 110°07′59″W[1]
Location	Nunavut, Canada
Offshore water bodies	Coronation Gulf, Bathurst Inlet

Along with Cape Flinders, it was named in 1821 by Sir John Franklin.[3]

Gallery

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  Expedition Doubling Cape Barrow, July 25, 1821, as depicted in Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea in the years 1819, 20, 21 and 22, by John Franklin
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  Akana, Umingmuktogmiut woman in Cape Barrow
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  Camp in harbour at Cape Barrow, Northwest Territories (Nunavut)
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  Inuit ice fishing at Cape Barrow, Northwest Territories (Nunavut)
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  John Raffles Cox taking latitude with sextant at harbour at Cape Barrow

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