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Frobisher Bay

–noun
an arm of the Atlantic Ocean extending NW into SE Baffin Island, Northwest Territories, Canada.

I⋅qa⋅lu⋅it

[i-kah-loo-it, ee-kah-loo-eet]
–noun
the capital of Nunavut, Canada, in SE Baffin Island. 5200.
Formerly, Frobisher Bay.
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Frobisher Bay  
An arm of the Atlantic Ocean extending into southeast Baffin Island in Nunavut, Canada. It was discovered by Martin Frobisher in 1576 and until 1860 was thought to be a strait separating Baffin Island from another island.
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