Peary Explained

Peary may refer to:

People

Last name

• Danny Peary (born 1949), American film critic and sports writer
• Gerald Peary (born 1944), American film critic
• Harold Peary (1908–1985), American actor, comedian and singer
• Josephine Diebitsch Peary (1863–1955), American author and arctic explorer, wife of Robert Peary
• Robert Peary (1856–1920), American explorer

First name

• Peary Chand Mitra (1814–1883), Indian author and journalist
• Peary Rader (1909–1991), American early bodybuilder, Olympic lifter, writer, and magazine publisher
• Peary Charan Sarkar (1823–1875), pioneer in women's education in Bengal

Middle name

• Benjamin Peary Pal (1906–1989), Indian plant breeder and agronomist

Locations

Canada

• Peary Bay, in Nunavut
• Peary Channel, a waterway in Nunavut

Greenland

• Cape Peary, a headland in northwestern Greenland
• Mary Peary Peaks, a mountain in northern Greenland
• Peary Channel (Greenland), a hypothetical sound in Northern Greenland
• Peary Glacier, a glacier in western Greenland
• Peary Land, a peninsula in northern Greenland
• Peary Nunatak, a nunatak in eastern Greenland

United States

• Admiral Peary Vocational-Technical School, in Cambria County, Pennsylvania
• Peary, Minnesota, an unincorporated community in Saint Louis County
• Peary, Virginia, an unincorporated community in Mathews County
• Peary–MacMillan Arctic Museum, in Brunswick, Maine

Elsewhere

• Mount Peary, a massif in Antarctic
• Peary (crater), the closest large lunar impact crater to the lunar north pole

Ships

• Maersk Peary, a Norway-registered tanker landed in 2004
• SS Robert E. Peary, an American "Liberty ship" launched in 1942
• USS Robert E. Peary, or variants thereof, several ships of the United States Navy

Other

• Peary Arctic Club, American-based club that promoted the Arctic expeditions of Robert Peary
• Peary caribou, a caribou subspecies in Canada
• Peary Polar Expedition Medal, authorized by the United States Congress in 1944
• Camp Peary, a U.S. military reservation and Central Intelligence Agency facility in Virginia

See also

• • • Pari (disambiguation)
• John Perie
• Perrie
• Perry, an alcoholic beverage made of fermented pear juice
• Perry (disambiguation)
• Pery