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| Beare Sound | |
|---|---|
  Beare Sound Location within Nunavut | |
| Coordinates | 62°31′N 065°14′W / 62.517°N 65.233°W |
| Basin countries | Canada |
| Settlements | uninhabited |
Beare Sound or Beares Sound[1] is an Arctic waterway in Qikiqtaaluk, Nunavut, Canada. It is located in eastern Frobisher Bay off the southern tip of Baffin Island's Blunt Peninsula.
Martin Frobisher named the sound after James Beare, principal surveyor of the 1577/78 Frobisher expedition.[2]
References
[edit]- ↑ Brown, George Williams (1966). Dictionary of Canadian biography. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. pp. 85. ISBN 0-8020-3142-0.
james beare frobisher.
- ↑ Shaw, N.; Greenfield, H.; Bates, H.W. (1843). The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society. London: J. Murray. pp. 12, 16. OCLC 21468267.
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