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PEARY BAY Latitude and Longitude:

79°13′59″N 75°49′59″W / 79.23306°N 75.83306°W / 79.23306; -75.83306 (Peary Bay)
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Peary Bay
Peary Bay is located in Nunavut
Peary Bay
Peary Bay
Location Nares Strait
Coordinates 79°13′59″N 75°49′59″W / 79.23306°N 75.83306°W / 79.23306; -75.83306 (Peary Bay)
Basin countries Canada
SettlementsUninhabited

Peary Bay is an Arctic waterway in 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 honor of the American explorer Robert Peary by Norwegian oceanographer and meteorologist Harald Sverdrup. [1]

References

  1. ^ Hobbs, William Herbert (1936). Peary (Digitized Aug 26, 2008 ed.). Macmillan. p. 206.