Baffin Bay
Baffin Bay (French: Baie de Baffin) a sea connecting the Atlantic and Arctic oceans. It is 1,130 km (700 mi) across from north to south. It is not navigable most of the year because of the presence of large numbers of icebergs.
History
In 1585 British explorer, John Davis, was the first recorded European to enter the bay. William Baffin made five voyages to the Arctic and reached Baffin Bay in 1616. During these voyages it was proven that the Northwest Passage was not in the Hudson Bay area.
Baffin Bay was the epicenter of a 7.3 magnitude earthquake in 1933. See 1933 Baffin Bay earthquake.
Location
Baffin Bay is a leg of the Arctic Ocean bounded by Baffin Island in the west, Greenland in the east, and Ellesmere Island in the north. It connects to the Atlantic through Davis Strait, and to the Arctic through several narrow channels of Nares Strait. It is a northwestern extension of the North-Atlantic and Labrador Sea. It can also be viewed as a long strait separating Baffin Island and Greenland.
Wildlife
About 120,000 Beluga whales live in Baffin Bay, eating small fish and crustaceans. They are at risk of being trapped in the ice and face other environmental concerns.
Translation
The phrase "Baffin Bay" occurs as such in the following languages: English, German.
Translation(s) in other languages: Bulgarian: Бафиново море, Catalan: Badia de Baffin, Czech: Baffinův záliv, Welsh: Bae Baffin, Danish: Baffinbugten, Estonian: Baffini laht, Spanish: Bahía de Baffin, Esperanto: Bafina Golfo, French: Mer de Baffin, Galician: Baía de Baffin, Korean: 배핀 만, Indonesian: Teluk Baffin, Italian: Baia di Baffin, Hebrew: מפרץ באפין, Kurdish: Kendava Baffin, Latvian: Bafina jūra, Lithuanian: Bafino jūra, Dutch: Baffinbaai, Japanese: バフィン湾, Norwegian (Bokmål): Baffinbukta, Polish: Morze Baffina, Portuguese: Baía de Baffin, Romanian: Marea Baffin, Russian: Море Баффина, Slovak: Baffinov záliv, Serbian: Бафинов залив, Serbo-Croatian: Bafinov zaliv, Finnish: Baffininlahti, Swedish: Baffinbukten, Turkish: Baffin Körfezi, Ukrainian: Море Баффіна, Vietnamese: Vịnh Baffin, Chinese: 巴芬灣.
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