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Foxe Basin


Foxe Basin

An arm of the Atlantic Ocean between the Melville Peninsula and Baffin Island in Nunavut, Canada.

Foxe Basin

(fɒks) n (Placename) an arm of the Atlantic in NE Canada, between Melville Peninsula and Baffin Island

Foxe Basin


Foxe Basin,

a widening of the waterway between Baffin Island and the Melville Peninsula, c.340 mi (550 km) long and c.225 mi (360 km) wide, Nunavut Territory, Canada. The basin is shallow and is ice-clogged most of the year. Foxe Channel (c.200 mi/320 km long and c.90 mi/140 km wide) connects it with Hudson Bay and Hudson Strait.

Foxe Basin

 

a bay in the Arctic Ocean, between Melville Peninsula and Baffin Island, Canada. Foxe Basin is 650 km long and 370 km wide and has a maximum depth of 110 m. It is linked by straits with Hudson Bay, the Gulf of Boothia, and the Hudson Strait. The bay contains many islands, the largest of which is Prince Charles Island. The tides are semidiurnal and vary in height from 1.2 to 9 m. The bay begins to freeze in October. Drifting ice continues throughout the summer. Foxe Basin was named in honor of L. Foxe.

Foxe Basin

an arm of the Atlantic in NE Canada, between Melville Peninsula and Baffin Island
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