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Scoresby Bay
Scoresby
Bay
is an
Arctic
waterway in
Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut
,
Canada
. It is located in
Nares Strait
by
eastern
Ellesmere
Island's
Darling Peninsula
,
west
of
Nunatami, Greenland
.
The
bay
is named in
honor
of
William Scoresby
, an
English
Arctic explorer
and
scientist
.
Geography
The
area
is characterized as a
flood plain
of
gravel
and
silt
.