BAFFIN BAY


Meaning of BAFFIN BAY in English

Large inlet, Atlantic Ocean, between western Greenland and eastern Baffin Island .

With an area of 266,000 sq mi (689,000 sq km), it extends 900 mi (1,450 km) southward from the Arctic and is connected to the Atlantic by Davis Strait . It was visited by the English captain Robert Bylot in 1615 and named for his lieutenant, William Baffin. Its climate is severe, and icebergs are dense even in August.

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