# Bartlett Bay

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Bay in Nunavut, Canada

Bartlett Bay Bartlett Bay Location Nares Strait Coordinates 79°10′N 074°45′W / 79.167°N 74.750°W / 79.167; -74.750 (Bartlett Bay)[1] Ocean/sea sources Arctic Ocean Basin countries Canada Settlements Uninhabited

**Bartlett Bay** is an [Arctic](/source/Arctic) waterway in the [Qikiqtaaluk Region](/source/Qikiqtaaluk_Region), [Nunavut](/source/Nunavut), Canada. It is in [Nares Strait](/source/Nares_Strait) off eastern [Ellesmere Island](/source/Ellesmere_Island), off the [Bache Peninsula](/source/Bache_Peninsula). Victoria Head marks the northern tip of its mouth.

It is named in honour of Captain [Robert Bartlett](/source/Robert_Bartlett_(explorer)), a [Newfoundland](/source/Newfoundland_Colony) navigator and Arctic explorer.

## Geography

The Bartlett Bay Lowland, encompassing an area of approximately 50 km2 (19 sq mi), is composed of [mesic habitat](/source/Mesic_habitat) and wet meadows.[2]

## Fauna

[Muskox](/source/Muskox) frequent the area.[2]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Bartlett Bay"](https://geonames.nrcan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique?id=OABRU). *[Geographical Names Data Base](/source/GeoBase_(geospatial_data)#Geographical_Names_Data_Base)*. [Natural Resources Canada](/source/Natural_Resources_Canada). 30 May 2024.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-ucalgary_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-ucalgary_2-1) Henry, G.; B. Freedman; J. Svoboda (March 1986). ["Survey of Vegetated Areas and Muskox Populations in East-Central Ellesmere Island"](https://web.archive.org/web/20220120223758/https://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic39-1-78.pdf) (PDF). *Arctic*. **39** (1). ucalgary.ca: 80. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.14430/arctic2050](https://doi.org/10.14430%2Farctic2050). Archived from [the original](http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic39-1-78.pdf) (PDF) on 20 January 2022. Retrieved 12 June 2009.

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