The Simpson Peninsula is a peninsula in the Gulf of Boothia in Canada's Nunavut territory. It is surrounded by waterways on three sides: Pelly Bay to the west, the Gulf of Boothia to the north, and Committee Bay to the east. Kugaaruk, a Netsilik Inuit hamlet, is located on its western coast.
It was explored by John Rae in 1847 and named for Sir George Simpson.1
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- Houston, C.G. "John Rae" (PDF). Arctic. ucalgary.ca: 78, 79. doi:10.14430/arctic1749.
68°45′N 089°10′W / 68.750°N 89.167°W / 68.750; -89.167 (Simpson Peninsula)