Nabukjuak Bay

Nabukjuak Bay
Nabukjuak Bay is located in Nunavut
Nabukjuak Bay
Nabukjuak Bay
Nabukjuak Bay is located in Canada
Nabukjuak Bay
Nabukjuak Bay
LocationFoxe Basin
Coordinates65°24′N 77°25′W / 65.400°N 77.417°W / 65.400; -77.417 (Nabukjuak Bay)[1]
Ocean/sea sourcesArctic Ocean
Basin countriesCanada
SettlementsUninhabited

Nabukjuak Bay is an arm of the Foxe Basin in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. It is located on the northeastern Foxe Peninsula, in western Baffin Island. The closest community is Kinngait, situated 136 km (85 mi) to the south,[2] while Nuwata, a former settlement, is situated 31 km (19 mi) to the west.[3] Low and flat land characteristics proceed in a southeast direction from the bay.[4]

  1. ^ "Nabukjuak Bay". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. 27 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Point-to-point distance Nabukjuak Bay – Kinngait". Geographical Names Board of Canada. 16 February 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
  3. ^ "Point-to-point distance Nabukjuak Bay – Nuwata". Geographical Names Board of Canada. 16 February 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
  4. ^ Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) (1943). "The Geographical journal". Royal Geographical Society. p. 236.