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Baffin Bay

noun

  1. a part of the Arctic Ocean between W Greenland and E Baffin Island.


Baffin Bay

/ ˈbæfɪn /

noun

  1. part of the Northwest Passage, situated between Baffin Island and Greenland


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Baffin Bay1

named after William Baffin , 17th-century English navigator

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Example Sentences

The ocean current which sweeps past this cape, and opens the way to the other side of Baffin Bay, is wonderful.

It's rather a bad sign, although, of course, there may be a higher temperature in the corresponding latitude in Baffin Bay.

The ships were last seen by civilized men in Baffin Bay, whence they passed from the knowledge of the world.

By daylight—about five o'clock, after a light meal—we were over Baffin Bay.

The current continued the wrong way and the floe upon which they were drifting carried them toward Baffin Bay.

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