Piling Bay
Piling Bay is an uninhabited waterway in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is located on the west central coast of Baffin Island. An arm of the Foxe Basin, it contains many small, unnamed islands. Foley Island and North Tweedsmuir Island lie outside the mouth of the bay to the south/southwest.
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Location | Foxe Basin |
Coordinates | 68°51′30″N 074°58′00″W |
Basin countries | Canada |
Settlements | Uninhabited |
Nearby is Angaku'habvik, the Inuit shaman's initiation site.
History
In 1911, the German ornithologist, Bernhard Hantzsch, explored the area of Piling Bay.[1]
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References
- Beals, Carlyle Smith (1968). Science, history and Hudson Bay. 1 (Digitized Feb 19, 2009 ed.). Dept. of Energy, Mines and Resources. p. 117.
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