Frobisher Bay

American  

noun

1. an arm of the Atlantic Ocean extending NW into SE Baffin Island, Northwest Territories, Canada.

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Frobisher Bay British  

/ ˈfrəʊbɪʃə /

noun

1. an inlet of the Atlantic in NE Canada, in the SE coast of Baffin Island

2. the former name of Iqaluit

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Example Sentences

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

In Frobisher Bay in the Canadian Arctic, he has already noticed that eiders have shifted their nesting places to escape the hungry bears.

From Science Magazine

When the Clarkes’ shipment finally reached Frobisher Bay, it had to wait for days while the modular hotel units were unloaded.

From The Guardian

In this, his third, voyage to the Frobisher Bay area of Baffin Island in the present Canadian Territory of Nunavut, it was also the intention to start a small settlement and his fleet of 15 ships were so fitted out with men, materials and provisions for this purpose.

From New York Times

The expedition was plagued by ice and freak storms which at times had scattered the fleet and on meeting together again at their anchorage in Frobisher Bay, “..Mayster Wolfall, a learned man, appoynted by hir Majesties Councell to be theyr minister and preacher, made unto them a godly sermon, exhorting them especially to be thankefull to God for theyr strange and miraculous deliverance in those so dangerous places,…” .

From New York Times