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Baffin Bay
noun
- a part of the Arctic Ocean between W Greenland and E Baffin Island.
Baffin Bay
/ ˈbæfɪn /
noun
- 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.
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It's rather a bad sign, although, of course, there may be a higher temperature in the corresponding latitude in Baffin Bay.
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The ships were last seen by civilized men in Baffin Bay, whence they passed from the knowledge of the world.
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By daylight—about five o'clock, after a light meal—we were over Baffin Bay.
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The current continued the wrong way and the floe upon which they were drifting carried them toward Baffin Bay.
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