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Sawyer Bay

Coordinates: 79°19′N 77°33′W / 79.317°N 77.550°W / 79.317; -77.550 (Sawyer Bay)[1]
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Sawyer Bay
Sawyer Bay in a landscape shot
Sawyer Bay
Sawyer Bay is located in Nunavut
Sawyer Bay
Sawyer Bay
LocationNares Strait
Coordinates79°19′N 77°33′W / 79.317°N 77.550°W / 79.317; -77.550 (Sawyer Bay)[1]
Ocean/sea sourcesArctic Ocean
Basin countriesCanada
SettlementsUninhabited

Sawyer Bay is an Arctic waterway in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is located in Nares Strait by eastern Ellesmere Island. Benedict Glacier fills the head of the bay.[2]

Exploration

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Robert Peary's 1905-1906 exploration included this bay.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Sawyer Bay". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. 2 September 2024.
  2. ^ a b Peary, Robert Edwin (1907). Nearest the Pole: a narrative of the Polar expedition of the Peary Arctic club in the S.S. Roosevelt, 1905-1906 (Digitized 25 April 2008 ed.). Doubleday, Page & Co.