The Hall Peninsula is a peninsula on the southern end of Baffin Island , in Nunavut , Canada. It lies between Frobisher Bay on the west, and the Cumberland Sound on the east between 62°40'N and 65°10'W. The Hall Peninsula is part of the Arctic Tundra biome —the world's coldest and driest biome. The Blunt Peninsula extends off the southeastern part of the Hall Peninsula.
2-863: The Chidliak Kimberlite Province is located in the Hall Peninsula of southern Baffin Island , Nunavut , Canada . The first kimberlite there was discovered in July 2008 during exploration conducted by BHP Billiton and Peregrine Diamonds Ltd. By 2012, more than 60 kimberlites had been found, seven of which included some gem-quality diamonds . De Beers Group completed acquisition of Peregrine Diamonds in 2018. The kimberlites at Chidliak are hosted in Archean metamorphic rocks . They occur both as pipes and as steeply dipping sheets that were emplaced between 138 and 156 Ma (million years ago). This article about
4-530: A specific Canadian geological feature is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Hall Peninsula The Hall Peninsula includes the Chidliak Kimberlite Province , which had been found to include diamond -bearing kimberlite pipes . 63°30′N 066°00′W / 63.500°N 66.000°W / 63.500; -66.000 ( Hall Peninsula ) This Qikiqtaaluk Region , Nunavut location article
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