Sawyer Bay is an Arctic waterway in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is located in Nares Strait by eastern Ellesmere Island. Benedict Glacier fills the head of the bay.[2]

Sawyer Bay
Sawyer Bay in a landscape shot
Sawyer Bay
Sawyer Bay is located in Nunavut
Sawyer Bay
Sawyer Bay
LocationNares Strait
Coordinates79°19′N 77°33′W / 79.317°N 77.550°W / 79.317; -77.550 (Sawyer Bay)[1]
Ocean/sea sourcesArctic Ocean
Basin countriesCanada
SettlementsUninhabited

Exploration

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Robert Peary's 1905-1906 exploration included this bay.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Sawyer Bay". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. 2 September 2024.
  2. ^ 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 25 April 2008 ed.). Doubleday, Page & Co.