Friday, March 27, 2009

Murray Maxwell Bay

Coordinates: 70°0′N 80°0′W / 70°N 80°W / 70; -80 Murray Maxwell Bay (Inuktitut: Tasiujaq)[1] is a Foxe Basin waterway in Nunavut, Canada. It is lcoated north of Baffin Island's Siorarsuk Peninsula. Jens Munk Island lies at the opening of the bay. The area is frequented by bowhead whales.[1]


Before the bay was fully explored, it was named Murray Maxwell Inlet, in honor of Captain Sir Murray Maxwell, by Lieutenant Henry Parkyns Hoppner who observed the waterway while sailing with Sir William Edward Parry on his second Arctic voyage of 1821.[2]



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  1. ^ a b Hay, Keith (March, 2000). "Final Report of the Inuit Bowhead Knowledge Study". nwmb.com. p. 29. http://209.85.173.104/search?q=cache:UBv3z7ccTHkJ:www.nwmb.com/english/resources/Bowheadreport1.pdf+%22murray+maxwell+bay%22&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=27&gl=us&client=firefox-a. Retrieved on 2008-10-02. 

  2. ^ Parry, William Edward (1828). Journals of the first, second and third voyages for the discovery of a north-west passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific. London: Oxford University. pp. p. 252. ISBN 0665403968. http://books.google.com/books?id=R2QDAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR6&lpg=PR6&dq=murray+maxwell+parry&source=web&ots=eoIZYWxbxW&sig=xbBnk8qWaId2KCVYEXOcJuNKnMI&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=5&ct=result#PPA252,M1. 







































































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