# Dobbin Bay > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Dobbin_Bay > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Dobbin_Bay.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dobbin_Bay > Source revision: 1334334299 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Bay in Nunavut, Canada Dobbin Bay HMS Alert in Dobbin Bay, 1875 Dobbin Bay Location Kane Basin, Nares Strait Coordinates 79°45′N 73°45′W / 79.750°N 73.750°W / 79.750; -73.750 (Dobbin Bay)[1] Ocean/sea sources Arctic Ocean Basin countries Canada Settlements Uninhabited **Dobbin Bay** is an [Arctic](/source/Arctic) waterway in the [Qikiqtaaluk Region](/source/Qikiqtaaluk_Region), [Nunavut](/source/Nunavut), Canada. It is located in the [Kane Basin](/source/Kane_Basin), [Nares Strait](/source/Nares_Strait) by eastern [Ellesmere Island](/source/Ellesmere_Island), south of the [Darling Peninsula](/source/Darling_Peninsula). ## Exploration During the [British Arctic Expedition](/source/British_Arctic_Expedition) of 1875 under [George Nares](/source/George_Nares), ancient [cairns](/source/Cairn) were found on [Washington Irving Island](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Washington_Irving_Island&action=edit&redlink=1) ([79°34′N 73°00′W / 79.567°N 73.000°W / 79.567; -73.000 (Washington Irving Island)](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Dobbin_Bay¶ms=79_34_N_73_00_W_region:CA-NU_type:waterbody_scale:500000&title=Washington+Irving+Island)[2]), located in the mouth of the bay.[3] The area was also explored by [Adolphus Greely](/source/Adolphus_Greely) during his [Lady Franklin Bay Expedition](/source/Lady_Franklin_Bay_Expedition) of 1881–1884.[4] ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Dobbin Bay"](https://geonames.nrcan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique?id=OAEME). *[Geographical Names Data Base](/source/GeoBase_(geospatial_data)#Geographical_Names_Data_Base)*. [Natural Resources Canada](/source/Natural_Resources_Canada). 10 July 2024. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Washington Irving Island"](https://geonames.nrcan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique?id=OARQI). *[Geographical Names Data Base](/source/GeoBase_(geospatial_data)#Geographical_Names_Data_Base)*. [Natural Resources Canada](/source/Natural_Resources_Canada). 10 July 2024. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-McCullough_3-0)** McCullough, K.; Schledermann, P. (October 1999). ["Mystery cairns of Washington Irving Island"](http://www.aina.ucalgary.ca/scripts/minisa.dll/144/proe/propub/au+mccullough,+k*+and+rt+any+p?COMMANDSEARCH). *[Polar Record](/source/Polar_Record)*. **35** (195): 289–298. [Bibcode](/source/Bibcode_(identifier)):[1999PoRec..35..289M](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1999PoRec..35..289M). [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1017/s0032247400015643](https://doi.org/10.1017%2Fs0032247400015643). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-Greely_4-0)** [Greely, Adolphus Washington](/source/Adolphus_Greely) (1886). [*Three years of Arctic service: an account of the Lady Franklin bay expedition of 1881-84, and the attainment of the farthest north*](https://books.google.com/books?id=btSfAAAAMAAJ&q=%22dobbin+bay%22&pg=PA104). Vol. 2. [Charles Scribner's Sons](/source/Charles_Scribner's_Sons). p. 104. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-665-08089-1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-665-08089-1). Retrieved 10 July 2024. {{[cite book](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_book)}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility ([help](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:CS1_errors#invalid_isbn_date)) v t e Bays of Nunavut Kitikmeot Region Albert Edward Austin Bernard Harbour Brentford Campbell Chester Committee Denmark Foggy Fredrikshald Gernon Grays Hadley Homan Labyrinth Lord Mayor McLoughlin Ogden Pelly Shepherd Terror Wellington Wilmot and Crampton Wynniatt Kivalliq Region East Gods Mercy Hudson Mistake Native Nevill Pistol South Wager Wilson Qikiqtaaluk Region Allman Aston Augusta Bay Baffin Baillarge Baring Bartlett Batty Bere Bernier Birmingham Boatswain Bowman Brae Buchanan Cameron Committee Copes Cory Creswell Croker Cumberland Sound Dampier De la Beche Dobbin Dorchester Duke of York Dyke Acland Eden Eetookashoo Eldridge Elwin Eqe Evans Finnie Flagler Four Rivers Foxe Basin Frobisher Garnet Gibson Graham Moore Half Moon Hall Basin Harkin Hecla and Griper Herschel Hudson Irene James Kane Kew Lady Franklin M'Clure Macormick Maxwell May Inlet Nabukjuak Napier Norwegian Okse Ommanney Paquet Peary Piling Pioneer (Cornwallis Island) Pioneer (Devon Island) Prince Alfred Princess Marie Purcell Radstock Reid Resolute Rosse Rupert Rutherford Sabine (Baffin Island) Sabine (Melville Island) Sawyer Scoresby Shamrock Sherard Skene Stuart (Bathurst Island) Stuart (Cornwallis Island) Tasiujaq (Foxe Basin) Tasiujaq (Inugsuin Fiord) Triton Ungava Weatherall Woodward This Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut location article is a stub. 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