Baffin Bay
bay between Greenland and Canada
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Summary
Baffin Bay is a sea[1]. It draws 1,563 Wikipedia views per month (sea category, ranking #16 of 101).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Nunavut[3]
- Country: Canada[4], Greenland[5]
- Named after: William Baffin[6]
- Inflows: Kuugaaluk[7]
- Part of: Arctic Ocean[8], Labrador Sea[9]
- Commons category: Baffin Bay[10]
- Has part(s): Hudson Strait[11]
- Topic's main category: Category:Baffin Bay[12]
- Described by source: Nordisk familjebok[13], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14], Limits of Oceans and Seas, 3rd edition[15], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[17], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[18], Encyclopædia Britannica Ninth Edition[19], The New Student's Reference Work[20]
- Native label: Baffin Bay[21], Baie de Baffin[22]
- Different from: Baffin Bay[23]
- Length: 1130 km[24]
- Area: 689,000 km²[25]
- Width: 550 km[26]
- Vertical depth: 2136 m[27]
- Drainage basin: Arctic Ocean basin[28]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[29]
- Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Baffin Bay[30]
- P14541: 3Pweb3[31]
Why It Matters
Baffin Bay has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 52 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]