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
Sea ice meets land as seen from NASA's Operation IceBridge research aircraft along the Upper Baffin Bay coast on March 27, 2017 above Greenland.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 25, 2018
The Advance was encircled by ice floes in Smith Sound north of Baffin Bay.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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