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Place Name
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Arctic Bay
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Place Status (Type)
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bay
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Population
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543 (1991)
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Location
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Northwest Territories, Canada, North America
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Latitude
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73°03'N
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Longitude
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85°12'W
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Arctic Bay
, trading post (1991 pop. 543), N Baffin
Isl., SE Franklin dist., N.W.T., Canada, on E side of Admiralty Inlet;
73°03'N 85°12'W. Meteorological station; site of R.C. mission.
Fur-trading post was est. 1926, later abandoned, reestablished 1936.
Seal, caribou, polar bear, fox furs. Oil exploration. Scheduled air
service. Lead-zinc mine at Nanisivik,
10 mi/16 km E by road.
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