Frobisher Bay
Americannoun
noun
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an inlet of the Atlantic in NE Canada, in the SE coast of Baffin Island
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the former name of Iqaluit
Example Sentences
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Then he flew to Iqaluit, Nunvut's capital, a city of 7,700 that sits among rocky hills overlooking Frobisher Bay, covered in ground-hugging purple flowers and the rare tree.
From Reuters ● Jul. 29, 2022
Iqaluit, a town of 7,500 on Frobisher Bay, has been adapting to climate change for a decade.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 24, 2015
Wilman said hunters have complained of the increasing danger of venturing onto the thinning ice over Frobisher Bay that they traverse to reach their camps.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 24, 2015
Japanese Finance Minister Naoto Kan delayed his closing press-conference Saturday so he and his aides could go dog sledding on frozen Frobisher Bay.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 7, 2010
But the whalers had made a "whaling depot" on a cape of Frobisher Bay, which commanded a view of its waters and of the waters of Davis Strait.
From North-Pole Voyages by Mudge, Zachariah Atwell
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