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Sawyer_Bay Latitude and Longitude:

79°22′01″N 78°00′00″W / 79.367°N 78.000°W / 79.367; -78.000 (Sawyer Bay)
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Sawyer Bay
Sawyer Bay is located in Nunavut
Sawyer Bay
Sawyer Bay
Location Nares Strait
Coordinates 79°22′01″N 78°00′00″W / 79.367°N 78.000°W / 79.367; -78.000 (Sawyer Bay)
Basin countries Canada
SettlementsUninhabited

Sawyer Bay is an Arctic waterway in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is located in Nares Strait by eastern Ellesmere Island. Benedict Glacier fills the head of the bay. [1]

Exploration

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

References

  1. ^ a b Peary, Robert Edwin (1907). Nearest the Pole: a narrative of the Polar expedition of the Peary Arctic club in the S.S. Roosevelt, 1905-1906 (Digitized Apr 25, 2008 ed.). Doubleday, Page & Co.