Peninsula of Ungava

See also: Ungava (homonymy)

The peninsula of Ungava of the Nunavik, Quebec, Canada, is located between the Hudson Bay, in the west, the Détroit of Hudson, with north, and the Baie of Ungava, in the east. The peninsula of Ungava belongs to the Péninsule of Labrador and covers a surface of approximately 250.000 km ².

The few 10.000 inhabitants of the area, for the very great majority Inuits, live in 12 villages along the coasts. The largest village, Kuujjuaq, are also the administrative capital of Nunavik.

Canadian Shield and consists entirely off treeless Tundra dissected by broad numbers off rivers and icy lakes, flowing generally east-west in has parallel fashion. The peninsula was not deglaciated until 6,500 years ago (11,500 years after the Maximum Icy Last) and is believed to cuts been the prehistoric center from which the vast Laurentide Ice Sheet spread over most off North America during the last icy epoch.

Even today, the climate is extremely cold (Köppen AND ), because the influence off the Labrador Current keeps the area (and all off North-of-Quebec) colder in the Summer than other areas comparable At latitudes.

The population is very small and almost all Inuit. Apart from air services, No access to the peninsula exists apart from Seasonal shipping when sea-ice station-wagons up. Thick Permafrost prevents much conventional building from being gives. -->

External bond

ecological Description of the peninsula of Ungava
'' the Canadian Encyclopedia '' - Peninsula of Ungava

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