Baffin Bay

American  

noun

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

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Baffin Bay British  

/ ˈbæfɪn /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of Baffin Bay

named after William Baffin , 17th-century English navigator

Example Sentences

"Baffin Bay is very significant because it's the first time we've found evidence for the Younger Dryas cosmic impact event in the marine record," Kennett said.

From Science Daily • Dec. 19, 2025

Yet over the weekend, temperatures began rising when a warm jet of air pushed northward across Baffin Bay and the western coast of Greenland.

From Washington Post • Sep. 6, 2022

Pickart said he worked closely with the Healy’s crew to position the ship in key locations in Baffin Bay, where in some areas the coastal waters were filled with hundreds of icebergs.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 20, 2021

Whaling ships spied them in upper Baffin Bay, just east of the entrance to the Passage, on 26 July; and shortly thereafter the expedition vanished without trace.

From The Guardian • Dec. 12, 2019

"He's got too much wolf in him. His father came from Baffin Bay and had a lot of wolf blood. They bred him to a Siberian husky. So he's mostly wolf."

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell