Cape Hoppner

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Cape Hoppner is a land point on Melville Island, Northwest Territories, Canada. It juts into the southern section of Liddon Gulf across from .

The cape was named in honor of the Royal Navy officer and Arctic explorer Henry Parkyns Hoppner.[1][2]

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  1. ^ Ontario Historical Society (1910). Ontario History. Millwood, N.Y.: Kraus Reprint Co. pp. 44. OCLC 22735988. henry p. hoppner.
  2. ^ Taylor, Isaac (1898). Names and Their Histories: A Handbook of Historical Geography and Topographical Nomenclature. London: Rivingtons. pp. 149. OCLC 4161840. HP Hoppner.
  • The Atlas of Canada

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Coordinates: 74°59′2″N 112°52′8″W / 74.98389°N 112.86889°W / 74.98389; -112.86889


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