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Keweenaw Peninsula

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[kee-wuh-naw] / ˈki wəˌnɔ /
  1. a peninsula in NW Michigan, projecting 60 miles (97 km) into Lake Superior.


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Mr. Fountain, the researcher, detected an abnormality on the lake floor, about 35 miles north of the Keweenaw Peninsula in Michigan, in 2019.

From New York Times • Feb. 12, 2024

Fountain approached the group with “a potential target” near the northern tip of the Keweenaw Peninsula, and the Arlington was discovered last year.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 12, 2024

The first three stops in Houghton, Mich., on the Keweenaw Peninsula, were also canceled because of inclement weather and winds, much to the chagrin of Marylyn and Randy Sandrik, passengers who live in Frisco, Texas.

From New York Times • Sep. 13, 2022

There’s even one town at the north end of the Keweenaw Peninsula that one man has entirely to himself.

From Washington Times • Feb. 25, 2018

The mountain sits on the Keweenaw Peninsula, a 150-mile-long, 50-mile-wide spine formed by volcanic rock that slices like a shark's fin into the waters of Lake Superior, the world's largest freshwater lake.

From Time Magazine Archive

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