{{Short description|Bay in Nunavut, Canada}} {{Use Canadian English|date=July 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox body of water |name= Dobbin Bay |image= Alert cutting an ice dock in Dobbin Bay.jpg |caption = [[HMS Alert (1856)|HMS ''Alert'']] in Dobbin Bay, 1875 |location= [[Kane Basin]], [[Nares Strait]] |coords= {{coord|79|45|N|73|45|W|region:CA-NU_type:waterbody_scale:500000|notes=<ref>{{Cite cgndb|OAEME|Dobbin Bay|date=10 July 2024}}</ref>|display=inline,title|name=Dobbin Bay}} |rivers= |oceans= [[Arctic Ocean]] |pushpin_map=Canada Nunavut |countries= Canada |length= |width= |area= |cities= Uninhabited |references= }} '''Dobbin Bay''' is an [[Arctic]] waterway in the [[Qikiqtaaluk Region]], [[Nunavut]], Canada. It is located in the [[Kane Basin]], [[Nares Strait]] by eastern [[Ellesmere Island]], south of the [[Darling Peninsula]].
==Exploration== During the [[British Arctic Expedition]] of 1875 under [[George Nares]], ancient [[cairn]]s were found on [[Washington Irving Island]] ({{coord|79|34|N|73|00|W|region:CA-NU_type:waterbody_scale:500000|notes=<ref>{{Cite cgndb|OARQI|Washington Irving Island|date=10 July 2024}}</ref>|name=Washington Irving Island}}), located in the mouth of the bay.<ref name="McCullough">{{cite journal|last=McCullough|first=K. |author2=Schledermann, P. |date=Oct 1999|title=Mystery cairns of Washington Irving Island |journal=[[Polar Record]]|volume=35|issue=195|pages=289–298 |doi=10.1017/s0032247400015643|bibcode=1999PoRec..35..289M |url=http://www.aina.ucalgary.ca/scripts/minisa.dll/144/proe/propub/au+mccullough,+k*+and+rt+any+p?COMMANDSEARCH|url-access=subscription}}</ref>
The area was also explored by [[Adolphus Greely]] during his [[Lady Franklin Bay Expedition]] of 1881–1884.<ref name="Greely">{{cite book|last=Greely|first=Adolphus Washington|author-link=Adolphus Greely |title=Three years of Arctic service: an account of the Lady Franklin bay expedition of 1881-84, and the attainment of the farthest north|publisher=[[Charles Scribner's Sons]]|year=1886|volume=2|pages=104|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=btSfAAAAMAAJ&q=%22dobbin+bay%22&pg=PA104|isbn=0-665-08089-1|access-date=10 July 2024}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Bays of Nunavut}}
[[Category:Bays of the Qikiqtaaluk Region]] [[Category:Ellesmere Island]]
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