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Peary Bay

Coordinates: 79°14′N 75°50′W / 79.233°N 75.833°W / 79.233; -75.833 (Peary Bay)[1]
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Peary Bay
Peary Bay is located in Nunavut
Peary Bay
Peary Bay
LocationNares Strait
Coordinates79°14′N 75°50′W / 79.233°N 75.833°W / 79.233; -75.833 (Peary Bay)[1]
Ocean/sea sourcesArctic Ocean
Basin countriesCanada
SettlementsUninhabited

Peary Bay is an Arctic waterway in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is located in Nares Strait by eastern Ellesmere Island between the Cook Peninsula and the Bache Peninsula.

It was named in honour of the American explorer Robert Peary by Norwegian oceanographer and meteorologist Harald Sverdrup.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Peary Bay". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. 2 September 2024.
  2. ^ Hobbs, William Herbert (1936). Peary (Digitized 26 August 2008 ed.). Macmillan. p. 206.