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British explorer
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Male
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Birth:
12 July 1809(Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom)
Death:
1 February 1892(Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom)
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Biography
William Penny (1809 - Aberdeen 1892) was a Scottish captain. He undertook the first maritime search for the ships of Sir John Franklin. In 1840 Penny established the first whaling station in the Cumberland Sound area on Kekerten Island, today Kekerten Territorial Park.