Baffin Bay
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Baffin Bay
named after William Baffin , 17th-century English navigator
Example Sentences
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The material was found in deep-sea cores recovered from Baffin Bay, off Greenland's western coast.
From Science Daily • Dec. 19, 2025
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
The trail starts near the western edge of the ice cap and continues across one of the island’s largest snow-and-ice-free expanses to Sisimiut and the Davis Strait, which separates the Labrador Sea and Baffin Bay.
From Washington Post • Aug. 9, 2018
"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
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