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Batty Bay is a narrow bay in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is an arm of Prince Regent Inlet on the eastern side of Somerset Island.
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History
[edit]It was an area frequented by Arctic explorers such as Sir John Franklin[2] and Captain John Ross,[3] who left his boats there in 1832. The explorer William Kennedy wintered there in 1852.
References
[edit]- ^ "Batty Bay". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. 30 May 2024.
- ^ Simmonds, Peter Lund (1853). Sir John Franklin and the Arctic Regions: A Narrative, Showing the Progress of British Enterprise for the Discovery of the North-west Passage During the Nineteenth Century: with Notices of All the Expeditions Sent in Search of the Missing Vessels Under Captain Sir John Franklin (Digitized 19 October 2007 ed.). G. Routledge & Co. p. 114.
- ^ "Letter from Captain Ross, 1833 Ross's Expedition, 1829". arcticwebsite.com. Archived from the original on 17 November 2002. Retrieved 7 May 2009.
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