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Cape Lyon

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Cape Lyon is located in the Northwest Territories, Canada within Darnley Bay, {{convert|14|miles}} from Clapperton Island. The cape was named in honor of Captain George Francis Lyon, R.N. by John Franklin. The topography presents with gently swelling eminences, covered with a grassy sward, and intersected by several narrow ridges of rocks, rising about {{convert|150|ft}}. The coast ridges form high cliffs. Clay-slate and limestone lie in nearly horizontal strata beneath them. The view inland terminates with the Melville Range.^[1]

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1. ^{{cite book|last=Franklin|first=John|title=Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of The Polar Sea in the Years 1825, 1826, and 1827|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QOyb_rz5czIC&pg=PA240|accessdate=29 December 2012|edition=Public domain|year=1828|publisher=John Murray|pages=240–}}

1 : Peninsulas of the Northwest Territories

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