Svoboda | Graniru | BBC Russia | Golosameriki | Facebook
Jump to content

Eqe Bay

Coordinates: 69°37′N 76°24′W / 69.617°N 76.400°W / 69.617; -76.400 (Eqe Bay)[1]
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Eqe Bay
Eqe Bay is located in Nunavut
Eqe Bay
Eqe Bay
LocationFoxe Basin
Coordinates69°37′N 76°24′W / 69.617°N 76.400°W / 69.617; -76.400 (Eqe Bay)[1]
Ocean/sea sourcesArctic Ocean
Basin countriesCanada
SettlementsUninhabited

Eqe Bay is an irregularly shaped, uninhabited waterway in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is located on the western coast of north-central Baffin Island. An arm of the Foxe Basin, it contains no islands within it, but Bray Island lies outside the mouth of the bay 45 km (28 mi) to the south.[2]

Geology

[edit]

The bay is within the northeastern Rae Craton.[3]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Eqe Bay". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. 29 July 2024.
  2. ^ "Point-to-point distance Eqe Bay – Bray Island". 16 February 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  3. ^ Bethune, K.; Scammel, R. (August 2003). "Geology, geochronology, and geochemistry of Archean rocks in the Eqe Bay area, north-central Baffin Island, Canada: constraints on the depositional and tectonic history of the Mary River Group of northeastern Rae Province". Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. doi:10.1139/e03-028. OCLC 89117854.