Maxwell Bay

Maxwell Bay
Maxwell Bay
LocationLancaster Sound
Coordinates74°40′00″N 88°48′30″W / 74.66667°N 88.80833°W / 74.66667; -88.80833 (Maxwell Bay)
Ocean/sea sourcesArctic Ocean
Basin countriesCanada
SettlementsUninhabited

Maxwell Bay is a waterway in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. It lies off the southern coast of Devon Island in the eastern high Arctic. Like Croker Bay to the east, it is an arm of Lancaster Sound and Barrow Strait.

Maxwell Bay was named by William Edward Parry in honour of Sir Murray Maxwell.

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