Davis Strait
, bay of the northern Atlantic Ocean, lying between southeastern Baffin Island (Canada) and southwestern Greenland. Sisimiut, Greenland, on the Davis Strait.
Which bay is surrounded by Baffin Island and Greenland?
Baffin Bay
is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean bounded by the Baffin Island in the west, Greenland in the east, and Ellesmere Island in the north. It connects to the Atlantic through the Davis Strait, and to the Arctic through several narrow channels of Nares Strait.
The BBDS region includes parts of Nunavut, which is a territory in Canada and the western part of Greenland, an autonomous part of the Kingdom of Denmark. These two land areas are separated by
the Baffin Bay
to the north and Davis Strait to the south.
Why is it called Baffin Bay?
Discovered by Robert Bylot in 1616, the bay
was named after his chief pilot, William Baffin
. Circulation is generally anticlockwise; off Greenland, relatively warm, salty water moves north, while along Baffin Island, cold, fresher water originating from the Arctic Ocean flows south.
Is Baffin Bay a bay?
Baffin Bay,
arm of the North Atlantic Ocean
with an area of 266,000 square miles (689,000 square km), extending southward from the Arctic for 900 miles (1,450 km) between the Greenland coast (east) and Baffin Island (west). The bay has a width varying between 70 and 400 miles (110 and 650 km).
What ocean has more than 25 000 islands?
Landmasses and islands
The Pacific Ocean
has most of the islands in the world. There are about 25,000 islands in the Pacific Ocean. The islands entirely within the Pacific Ocean can be divided into three main groups known as Micronesia, Melanesia and Polynesia.
What body of water is west of Greenland?
Greenland Sea
, Danish and Norwegian GrØnlandshavet, outlying portion of the Arctic Ocean, with an area of 465,000 square miles (1,205,000 square km). It lies south of the Arctic Basin proper and borders Greenland (west), Svalbard (east), the main Arctic Ocean (north), and the Norwegian Sea and Iceland (south).
Which is Canada’s largest island?
With an area of 195,928 square miles (507,451 square km), it is the largest island in Canada and the fifth largest in the world.
Baffin Island
is separated from Greenland on the north and east by Baffin Bay and Davis Strait and from the Labrador-Ungava mainland on the south by Hudson Strait.
How many hours is Canada to Greenland?
The air travel (bird fly) shortest distance between Canada and Greenland is 3,351 km= 2,082 miles. If you travel with an airplane (which has average speed of 560 miles) from Canada to Greenland, It takes
3.72 hours
to arrive.
What is Canada’s smallest province?
Prince Edward Island (P.E.I.)
is the smallest province, known for its beaches, red soil and agriculture, especially potatoes. P.E.I. is the birthplace of Confederation, connected to mainland Canada by one of the longest continuous multispan bridges in the world, the Confederation Bridge.
Why is Devon Island uninhabited?
Devon Island in the Arctic is
the largest uninhabited island on Earth
, and for good reason. With a polar-desert climate and barren, rocky terrain, which is frequently veiled in fog, this desolate landmass is hardly welcoming.
Which Bay separates Greenland from Canada?
Davis Strait, bay of the northern Atlantic Ocean
, lying between southeastern Baffin Island (Canada) and southwestern Greenland.
Which ocean is Baffin Island in?
Baffin Bay and Davis Strait are two large basins between Nunavut’s Baffin Island and Greenland that connect
the Arctic Ocean
with the Atlantic. Stretching over 1.1 million square kilometres (425,000 square miles), they make up an area that is more than four times bigger than the Great Lakes combined.
Is there a northern passage?
The Northwest Passage (NWP) is
the sea route between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans through the Arctic Ocean
, along the northern coast of North America via waterways through the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. … Until 2009, the Arctic pack ice prevented regular marine shipping throughout most of the year.
Which part of the Greenland is most inhabited?
Greenland is the biggest island on Earth and the least-densely populated country, with only around 57,000 residents. Most of the inhabited places are found
along the western coast
; a thick ice sheet covers the interior of the country.
