Peary Bay
Peary Bay is an Arctic waterway in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is located in Nares Strait by eastern Ellesmere Island between the Cook Peninsula and the Bache Peninsula.
It was named in honour of the American explorer Robert Peary by Norwegian oceanographer and meteorologist Harald Sverdrup.
References
- ^ "Peary Bay". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. 2 September 2024.
- ^ Hobbs, William Herbert (1936). Peary (Digitized 26 August 2008 ed.). Macmillan. p. 206.
- Peary Bay, Nunavut at Atlas of Canada
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