Frobisher Bay
, arm of the Atlantic Ocean,
150 mi/240 km long and from
20 mi/32 km-40 mi/64 km
wide, Baffin Region, N.W.T., Canada. Cutting deeply into SE
Baffin Isl., it has steep, deeply indented shores and
numerous islets. On its SW side the Grinnell and Southeast icecaps rise
to c.3,000 ft/910 m, extending tongues into
the bay. At its head are Frobisher Bay trading post (est. 1914) and an
air base. The bay was explored (1576) by Sir Martin Frobisher; until
1860 it was believed to be a strait separating Baffin Isl.
from another isl.
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