Allman Bay

{{Short description|Bay in Nunavut, Canada}} {{Infobox body of water | name= Allman Bay | image= | caption = | image_bathymetry = | caption_bathymetry = | pushpin_map = Canada Nunavut | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Nunavut | location= [[Nares Strait]] | coords= {{coord|79|30|N|073|50|W|region:CA-NU_type:waterbody_scale:500000|notes=<ref>{{Cite cgndb| OAATA|Allman Bay|date=30 May 2024}}</ref>|name=Allman Bay|display=inline,title}} | rivers= | oceans= | countries= [[Canada]] | length= | width= | area= | cities= Uninhabited }} '''Allman Bay''' is an arm of [[Nares Strait]], in the [[Qikiqtaaluk Region]] of [[Nunavut]], Canada. It is located in eastern [[Ellesmere Island]], southwest of the southern edge of the [[Darling Peninsula]]. [[Dobbin Bay]] is {{convert|28|km|abbr=on}}<ref name="travelingluck">{{cite web|url=http://travelingluck.com/North+America/Canada/Nunavut/_5884053_Allman+Bay.html#local_map|title=Allman Bay|publisher=travelingluck.com|access-date=2009-06-11}}</ref> to the northeast. [[Cape Prescott]] is the headland to the west of the entrance.

==Exploration== Admiral Sir [[George Nares]] explored the bay during his voyage of 1875–1876.<ref name="Nares">{{cite book|last=Nares|first=George Strong|author2=Henry W Feilden|title=Narrative of a voyage to the Polar Sea during 1875-6 in H. M. ships 'Alert' and 'Discovery.'|publisher=S. Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington|year=1878|edition=Digitized Sep 13, 2007|pages=164, 169|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EDFJAAAAMAAJ}}</ref>

During the period of August 18, 1898, through August 2, 1899, American explorer [[Robert Peary]]'s ship was ice-bound in Allman Bay.<ref name="nytimes">{{cite news|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1899/09/11/118939550.pdf|title=News from Lieut. Peary|date=September 11, 1899|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=2009-06-11}}</ref>

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[[Category:Bays of the Qikiqtaaluk Region]] [[Category:Ellesmere Island]]