Rosse Bay Explained

Rosse Bay
Location:Nares Strait
Coords:78.6667°N -109°W
Pushpin Map:Canada Nunavut#Canada
Countries:Canada
Cities:Uninhabited

Rosse Bay is an Arctic waterway in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is located in Nares Strait between Pim Island and Ellesmere Island's Johan Peninsula. The bay is also connected to Rice Strait.

Geography

Physical characteristics include a gravel and sand moraine ridge on its southwestern shore.[1] There are also tidewater glaciers. The main discharge of Lefferts Glacier is into Rosse Bay.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Harington, C. R. . Canadian Museum of Nature. Annotated bibliography of Quaternary vertebrates of northern North America: with radiocarbon dates. University of Toronto Press. 2003 . 35. 0-8020-4817-X.
  2. Book: Greely, Adolphus Washington . Three years of Arctic service: an account of the Lady Franklin bay expedition of 1881-84, and the attainment of the farthest north. C. Scribner's sons. 1886. Digitized Nov 6, 2008. 2. 153.