Prince Alfred Bay

Prince Alfred Bay
Prince Alfred Bay is located in Nunavut
Prince Alfred Bay
Prince Alfred Bay
LocationWellington Channel
Coordinates76°19′N 93°22′W / 76.317°N 93.367°W / 76.317; -93.367 (Prince Alfred Bay)[1]
Ocean/sea sourcesArctic Ocean
Basin countriesCanada
SettlementsUninhabited

Prince Alfred Bay is a waterway in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. It lies off the western coast of Devon Island, forming a border of the Grinnell Peninsula, in the eastern high Arctic. Like Pioneer Bay to the south, it is an arm of Wellington Channel.

Geography

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Prince Alfred Bay's southern coast is characterized by rugged hills.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Prince Alfred Bay". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. 2 September 2024.
  2. ^ Sutherland, Peter Cormack (1852). Journal of a voyage in Baffin's bay and Barrow straits, in the years 1850-1851 ..: under the command of Mr. William Penney, in search of the missing crews of H. M. ships, Erebus and Terror . (Digitized Sep 18, 2007 ed.). Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. p. 87.

Further reading

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  • Morrow, D. W., & Kerr, J. W. (1977). Stratigraphy and sedimentology of Lower Paleozoic formations near Prince Alfred Bay, Devon Island. Ottawa, Canada: Geological Survey of Canada.
  • Morrow, D. W., & Kerr, J. W. (1986). Geology of Grinnell Peninsula and the Prince Alfred Bay area, Devon Island, District of Franklin, Northwest Territories. Ottawa: Geological Survey of Canada.