"Simpson Peninsula" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: Named after Sir George Simpson, a colonial governor (viceroy) of Rupert's Land, for the British colony corporation of the Hudson's Bay Company, by explorer John Rae. Head templates: {{en-proper-noun|head=Simpson Peninsula}} Simpson Peninsula
  1. A peninsula between the Boothia Peninsula to the west and Melville Peninsula to the east, surrounded by Pelly Bay on its west coast, Committee Bay on its east coast, and Gulf of Boothia to the north. (A peninsula located on the mainland portion of Nunavut, in the Canadian Arctic.) Wikipedia link: en:George Simpson (HBC administrator), en:Hudson's Bay Company, en:John Rae (explorer), en:Simpson Peninsula
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