Baffin Bay

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bay marginal sea

Baffin Bay is a marginal sea between Greenland and Canada, known for its Arctic climate, extensive sea ice, and role as a key passage between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Baffin Bay canonical 41
Baffin Bay region 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bay ⓘ
marginal sea ⓘ
averageDepth about 1000 metres ⓘ
borders Baffin Island ⓘ
Devon Island ⓘ
Ellesmere Island ⓘ
Melville Bay ⓘ
connectedTo Arctic Ocean ⓘ
Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Davis Strait ⓘ
Lancaster Sound ⓘ
Nares Strait ⓘ
countryBorder Canada ⓘ
Greenland ⓘ
freezesOver most of the year ⓘ
hasCharacteristic extensive sea ice ⓘ
icebergs ⓘ
polynyas ⓘ
seasonal pack ice ⓘ
hasClimate Arctic climate ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity fishing ⓘ
hydrocarbon exploration ⓘ
shipping ⓘ
hasInflow Arctic Ocean waters ⓘ
glacial meltwater ⓘ
hasMarineLife beluga whale ⓘ
bowhead whale ⓘ
narwhal ⓘ
polar bear ⓘ
ringed seal ⓘ
walrus ⓘ
hasOutflow Davis Strait ⓘ
Labrador Sea ⓘ
hasSeaIceType first-year sea ice ⓘ
multi-year sea ice ⓘ
isPartOf Northwest Passage ⓘ
surface form: Northwest Passage system
locatedBetween Canada ⓘ
Greenland ⓘ
locatedIn Arctic Ocean ⓘ
locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere ⓘ
locatedInRegion Arctic region ⓘ
surface form: Arctic

North America ⓘ
maximumDepth about 2440 metres ⓘ
namedAfter William Baffin ⓘ
nameLanguage English ⓘ
partOf Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
surface form: North Atlantic Ocean basin
salinity lower than open Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
surfaceArea about 689000 square kilometres ⓘ
waterType saltwater ⓘ

Referenced by (42)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Arctic Ocean → hasPart → Baffin Bay ⓘ
Labrador Current → originatesNear → Baffin Bay ⓘ
Northwest Passage → hasStartPoint → Baffin Bay ⓘ
Davis Strait → connectsTo → Baffin Bay ⓘ
Davis Strait → locatedBetween → Baffin Bay ⓘ
Davis Strait → adjacentTo → Baffin Bay ⓘ
Arctic drainage basin → drainsInto → Baffin Bay ⓘ
Labrador Sea → connectedTo → Baffin Bay ⓘ
Baffin Island → coastlineOn → Baffin Bay ⓘ
Baffin Island → separatedFromGreenlandBy → Baffin Bay ⓘ
Arctic Archipelago → borderedBy → Baffin Bay ⓘ
William Baffin → nameGivenTo → Baffin Bay ⓘ
William Baffin → exploredRegion → Baffin Bay ⓘ
Melville Bay → partOf → Baffin Bay ⓘ
Lancaster Sound → connectsTo → Baffin Bay ⓘ
Lancaster Sound → easternBoundary → Baffin Bay ⓘ
Devon Island → locatedWestOf → Baffin Bay ⓘ
Nares Strait → connectsBodyOfWater → Baffin Bay ⓘ
Nares Strait → links → Baffin Bay ⓘ
Nares Strait → locatedNorthOf → Baffin Bay ⓘ
Qikiqtaaluk Region → hasCoastlineOn → Baffin Bay ⓘ
English explorer John Davis → explored → Baffin Bay ⓘ
subject surface form: John Davis
this entity surface form: Baffin Bay region
West Greenland Current → influencesRegion → Baffin Bay ⓘ
Newfoundland and Labrador–Nunavut border → locatedIn → Baffin Bay ⓘ
Atlantic Ocean (via Sheepshead Bay inlet) → connectedTo → Baffin Bay ⓘ
subject surface form: Atlantic Ocean
Arctic Cordillera → borderedBy → Baffin Bay ⓘ
Greenland Ice Sheet (North American sector) → drainsTo → Baffin Bay ⓘ
Greenland Ice Sheet (North American sector) → borderedBy → Baffin Bay ⓘ
Avanersuaq region → borderedBy → Baffin Bay ⓘ
Thule area → ocean → Baffin Bay ⓘ
Qaanaaq → locatedOnCoastOf → Baffin Bay ⓘ
Greenland coast → borders → Baffin Bay ⓘ
Disko Bay, Greenland → partOf → Baffin Bay ⓘ
subject surface form: Disko Bay
Disko Bay, Greenland → connectedTo → Baffin Bay ⓘ
subject surface form: Disko Bay
Avannaata (partly) → borders → Baffin Bay ⓘ
subject surface form: Avannaata
John Ross (explorer) → ledExpeditionTo → Baffin Bay ⓘ
Boreogadus saida → distribution → Baffin Bay ⓘ
Jones Sound → connects → Baffin Bay ⓘ
Jones Sound → locatedNorthOf → Baffin Bay ⓘ
Jones Sound → locatedWestOf → Baffin Bay ⓘ
Wellington Channel → isWestOf → Baffin Bay ⓘ
Prince Regent Inlet → connectsTo → Baffin Bay ⓘ