Sawyer Bay Explained

Sawyer Bay
Alt:Sawyer Bay in a landscape shot
Location:Nares Strait
Coords:79.3167°N -110°W
Pushpin Map:Canada Nunavut
Oceans:Arctic Ocean
Countries:Canada
Cities:Uninhabited

Sawyer Bay is an Arctic waterway in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is located in Nares Strait by eastern Ellesmere Island. Benedict Glacier fills the head of the bay.

Exploration

Robert Peary's 1905-1906 exploration included this bay.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Peary, Robert Edwin . Nearest the Pole: a narrative of the Polar expedition of the Peary Arctic club in the S.S. Roosevelt, 1905-1906. Doubleday, Page & Co.. 1907. Digitized 25 April 2008.