Hadley Bay
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Hadley Bay | |
---|---|
Location | Viscount Melville Sound |
Coordinates | 72°31′N 108°12′W / 72.517°N 108.200°W |
River sources | Nanook River |
Basin countries | Canada |
Settlements | Uninhabited |
Hadley Bay (/ˈhædliː/ ⓘ, HAD-lee)[1] is an Arctic waterway in the Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is located in western Viscount Melville Sound, by northern Victoria Island. It is east of Wynniatt Bay, and 250 km (160 mi) north of the community of Cambridge Bay.
Geography
The Nanook River flows north into Hadley Bay.[2] The bay has several unnamed islands within it.
History
Its recent history has included mining exploration.[3]
References
- ^ "Hadley". Merriam-Webster. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
- ^ Hodgins, Bruce W.; Gwyneth Hoyle (1994). Canoeing north into the unknown: a record of river travel, 1874 to 1974. Dundurn Press Ltd. p. 253. ISBN 0-920474-93-4.
- ^ INAC Nunavut Regional Office. "Exploration and Mining in Nunavut (January - August 2002)". Nunavut Rocks. ainc-inac.gc.ca. Archived from the original on 2006-02-06. Retrieved 2008-10-07.
Categories:
- Pages using the Phonos extension
- Articles with short description
- Short description matches Wikidata
- Use Canadian English from January 2023
- All Wikipedia articles written in Canadian English
- Coordinates on Wikidata
- Articles using infobox body of water without image
- Articles using infobox body of water without pushpin map alt
- Articles using infobox body of water without image bathymetry
- Pages including recorded pronunciations
- Victoria Island (Canada)
- Bays of Kitikmeot Region
- All stub articles
- Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut geography stubs