Baffin Bay

American

noun

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

Baffin Bay British

/ ˈbæfɪn /

noun

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

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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

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

“As you go to the Arctic and see what’s happening with your own eyes … it’s depressing,” said University of Washington marine biologist Kristin Laidre, who has studied polar bears in Baffin Bay.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 6, 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 Advance was encircled by ice floes in Smith Sound north of Baffin Bay.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

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