Aston Bay

{{Short description|Bay in Nunavut, Canada}} {{for|the town|Aston Bay, South Africa}} {{Infobox body of water | name= Aston Bay | image= | caption = | image_bathymetry = | caption_bathymetry = | pushpin_map = Canada Nunavut | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Nunavut | location= [[Peel Sound]] | coords= {{coord|73|44|N|095|00|W|region:CA-NU_type:waterbody_scale:500000|notes=<ref>{{Cite cgndb|OABFK|Aston Bay|date=30 May 2024}}</ref>|name=Aston Bay|display=inline,title}} | rivers= | oceans= [[Arctic Bay]] | countries= Canada | length= | width= | area= | cities= Uninhabited }} '''Aston Bay''' is an [[Arctic]] waterway in the [[Qikiqtaaluk Region]] of [[Nunavut]], Canada. It is an arm of [[Peel Sound]] and is located on the western side of [[Somerset Island (Nunavut)|Somerset Island]].<ref name="tageo">{{cite web|url=http://www.tageo.com/index-e-ca-v-14-d-m792673.htm?Aston+bay|title=Aston bay|publisher=tageo.com|access-date=2009-01-17}}</ref> It is located north of [[M'Clure Bay]]. The closest hamlet is [[Resolute, Nunavut|Resolute]], located about {{cvt|150|km}} to the north on [[Cornwallis Island (Nunavut)|Cornwallis Island]].<ref name="commanderresources" />

==Geography== A zone of zinc-silver mineralization is located on [[Tidelands|tidewater]] upon a peninsula that juts into the bay.<ref name="commanderresources">{{cite web|url=http://www.commanderresources.com/s/Storm.asp?ReportID=294856|title=OVERVIEW|publisher=commanderresources.com|access-date=2009-01-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081005211841/http://www.commanderresources.com/s/Storm.asp?ReportID=294856|archive-date=2008-10-05|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==History== There are Early [[Arctic small tool tradition]] and [[Thule people|Thule]] archaeological sites in the area.<ref name="Bielawski">{{cite web|url=http://www.canadianarchaeology.com/publications/abstractsearch.php?id=125&lang=|title=Spatial Behaviour of Prehistoric Arctic Hunters: Analysis of the Site Distribution on Aston Bay, Somerset Island, N.W.T.|last=Bielawski|first=Ellen|date=1982|publisher=Canadian Archaeological Association|access-date=2009-01-17}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>

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[[Category:Bays of the Qikiqtaaluk Region]]