Sawyer Bay is an Arctic waterway in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is located in Nares Strait by eastern Ellesmere Island. Benedict Glacier fills the head of the bay.[1]

Sawyer Bay
Sawyer Bay is located in Nunavut
Sawyer Bay
Sawyer Bay
LocationNares Strait
Coordinates79°22′01″N 78°00′00″W / 79.367°N 78.000°W / 79.367; -78.000 (Sawyer Bay)
Basin countriesCanada
SettlementsUninhabited

Exploration edit

Robert Peary's 1905-1906 exploration included this bay.[1]

References edit

  1. ^ a b Peary, Robert Edwin (1907). Nearest the Pole: a narrative of the Polar expedition of the Peary Arctic club in the S.S. Roosevelt, 1905-1906 (Digitized Apr 25, 2008 ed.). Doubleday, Page & Co.