# Batty Bay

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Bay in Nunavut, Canada

Batty Bay Batty Bay, Somerset Island, Nunavut, Canada. Batty Bay Show map of Nunavut Batty Bay Show map of Canada Location Prince Regent Inlet Coordinates 73°14′N 91°25′W / 73.233°N 91.417°W / 73.233; -91.417 (Batty Bay)[1] Ocean/sea sources Arctic Ocean Basin countries Canada Max. length 10 km (6.2 mi) Settlements Uninhabited

**Batty Bay** is a narrow bay in the [Qikiqtaaluk Region](/source/Qikiqtaaluk_Region), [Nunavut](/source/Nunavut), Canada. It is an arm of [Prince Regent Inlet](/source/Prince_Regent_Inlet) on the eastern side of [Somerset Island](/source/Somerset_Island_(Nunavut)).

## History

It was an area frequented by Arctic explorers such as Sir [John Franklin](/source/John_Franklin)[2] and Captain [John Ross](/source/John_Ross_(Royal_Navy_officer)),[3] who left his boats there in 1832. The explorer [William Kennedy](/source/William_Kennedy_(explorer)) wintered there in 1852.

## References

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

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Simmonds_2-0)** Simmonds, Peter Lund (1853). [*Sir John Franklin and the Arctic Regions: A Narrative, Showing the Progress of British Enterprise for the Discovery of the North-west Passage During the Nineteenth Century: with Notices of All the Expeditions Sent in Search of the Missing Vessels Under Captain Sir John Franklin*](https://books.google.com/books?id=7qYPAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Batty+Bay%22&pg=PA114) (Digitized 19 October 2007 ed.). G. Routledge & Co. p. 114.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-arcticwebsite_3-0)** ["Letter from Captain Ross, 1833 Ross's Expedition, 1829"](https://web.archive.org/web/20021117015550/http://www.arcticwebsite.com/Ross1833letter.html). arcticwebsite.com. Archived from the original on 17 November 2002. Retrieved 7 May 2009.

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