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Okse_Bay Latitude and Longitude:

77°7′6″N 87°29′59″W / 77.11833°N 87.49972°W / 77.11833; -87.49972 (Okse Bay)
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Okse Bay
Okse Bay is located in Nunavut
Okse Bay
Okse Bay
Location Norwegian Bay
Coordinates 77°7′6″N 87°29′59″W / 77.11833°N 87.49972°W / 77.11833; -87.49972 (Okse Bay)
Basin countries Canada
SettlementsUninhabited

Okse Bay is an Arctic waterway in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is located in Norwegian Bay by southwestern Ellesmere Island, east of Buckingham Island.

Geology

The thick series of strata at Okse Bay, characterized by sandstones, mudstones, and shale, are referred to as the Okse Bay Formation. [1]

References

  1. ^ "Memoir". 320. Geological Survey of Canada. 1963. p. 63. Retrieved 2009-06-11.

Further reading

  • Rice, R. J. (1988). The sedimentology and petrology of the Okse Bay group, Middle and Upper Devonian, on S.W. Ellesmere Island and North Kent Island in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Ottawa: National Library of Canada.