Baillarge Bay

{{Short description|Bay in Nunavut, Canada}} {{Infobox body of water | name= Baillarge Bay | image= | caption = | image_bathymetry = | caption_bathymetry = | pushpin_map = Canada Nunavut | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Nunavut | location= [[Admiralty Inlet (Nunavut)|Admiralty Inlet]] | coords= {{coord|73|17|N|084|30|W|region:CA-NU_type:waterbody_scale:500000|notes=<ref>{{Cite cgndb|OABMW|Baillarge Bay|date=30 May 2024}}</ref>|name=Baillarge Bay|display=inline, title}} | rivers= | oceans= [[Arctic Ocean]] | countries= Canada | length= | width= | area= {{cvt|610|km2}} | cities= Uninhabited }} '''Baillarge Bay''' is an [[Arctic]] waterway in the [[Qikiqtaaluk Region]], [[Nunavut]], Canada. It is the second waterway to press eastward from [[Admiralty Inlet (Nunavut)|Admiralty Inlet]] into [[Baffin Island]]. The southern point of its mouth is named Ship Point.

==Geography== Characterized by open sea, coastal cliffs, and rocky marine shore habitat, the elevation rises up to {{cvt|610|m}} [[height above mean sea level|above sea level]].

==Fauna== The uninhabited bay is a Canadian [[Important Bird Area]] (#NU067) stretching {{cvt|15|km}} up the coastline to [[Elwin Inlet]].<ref name="iba">{{cite web|url=http://www.bsc-eoc.org/iba/site.jsp?siteID=NU067 |title=Baillarge Bay |publisher=bsc-eoc.org |access-date=2009-04-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612095914/http://www.bsc-eoc.org/iba/site.jsp?siteID=NU067 |archive-date=2011-06-12 }}</ref> It is also an [[International Biological Program]] site (Region 9, #7-7) and [[Key Habitat Site|Key Migratory Bird Terrestrial Habitat site]] (NU Site 19).<ref name="ngps">{{cite web|url=http://www.ngps.nt.ca/Upload/Interveners/Environment%20Canada/key_terrestrial_part4_mar06.pdf |title=NU Site - Baillarge Bay |publisher=ngps.nt.ca |pages=9 |access-date=2009-05-05 }}{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

A sizeable population of [[northern fulmar]]s are found here. [[Reindeer|Caribou]], [[polar bear]]s, and [[walrus]]es, as well as [[harp seal]]s, [[ringed seal]]s, and [[beluga whale]]s frequent the area.

==References== {{Reflist}}

[[Category:Bays of Baffin Island]] [[Category:Important Bird Areas of Qikiqtaaluk Region]] [[Category:Important Bird Areas of Arctic islands]] [[Category:Seabird colonies]]