Pistol Bay

Pistol Bay
Pistol Bay is located in Nunavut
Pistol Bay
Pistol Bay
LocationHudson Bay
Coordinates62°25′00″N 92°40′30″W / 62.41667°N 92.67500°W / 62.41667; -92.67500 (Pistol Bay)[1]
Ocean/sea sourcesArctic Ocean
Basin countriesCanada
SettlementsUninhabited

Pistol Bay is a waterway in the Kivalliq Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is located in northwestern Hudson Bay between Igloo Point (30 km (19 mi) east[2]) and Term Point (30 km (19 mi) south southeast[3]).[4]

The Pork Peninsula separates the bay and Corbett Inlet.

The community of Whale Cove lies 28 km (17 mi) south.[5]

  1. ^ "Pistol Bay". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. 27 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Point-to-point distance Igloo Point – Pistol Bay". Natural Resources Canada. 16 February 2021. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
  3. ^ "Point-to-point distance Igloo Point – Term Point". Natural Resources Canada. 16 February 2021. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
  4. ^ National Geospatial-intelligence Agency (January 2005). Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Newfoundland, Labrador, and Hudson Bay Enroute. ProStar Publications. pp. 275–. ISBN 978-1-57785-661-0. Retrieved 28 December 2010.
  5. ^ "Point-to-point distance Igloo Point – Whale Cove". Natural Resources Canada. 16 February 2021. Retrieved 27 May 2024.