Eqe Bay

{{Short description|Bay in Nunavut, Canada}} {{Use Canadian English|date=July 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox body of water |name= Eqe Bay |image= |caption = |location= [[Foxe Basin]] |coords= {{coord|69|37|N|76|24|W|region:CA-NU_type:waterbody_scale:500000|notes=<ref>{{Cite cgndb|OAFFY|Eqe Bay|date=29 July 2024}}</ref>|display=inline,title|name=Eqe Bay}} |rivers= |oceans= [[Arctic Ocean]] |pushpin_map=Canada Nunavut |countries= Canada |length= |width= |area= |settlements= Uninhabited |references= }} '''Eqe Bay''' is an irregularly shaped, uninhabited [[waterway]] in the [[Qikiqtaaluk Region]], [[Nunavut]], Canada. It is located on the western coast of north-central [[Baffin Island]]. An arm of the [[Foxe Basin]], it contains no islands within it, but [[Bray Island]] lies outside the mouth of the bay {{cvt|45|km}} to the south.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://geonames.nrcan.gc.ca/search-place-names/search?latdec=69.616667&londec=-76.4&sort-field=distance&from=Eqe+Bay&q=Bray+Island |title=Point-to-point distance Eqe Bay – Bray Island |date=16 February 2021 |access-date=29 July 2024}}</ref>

==Geology== The bay is within the northeastern [[Rae craton|Rae Craton]].<ref>{{cite journal |title=Geology, geochronology, and geochemistry of Archean rocks in the Eqe Bay area, north-central Baffin Island, Canada: constraints on the depositional and tectonic history of the Mary River Group of northeastern Rae Province |journal=Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences |last=Bethune |first=K. |author2=Scammel, R. |date=August 2003 |volume=40 |issue=8 |pages=1137–1167 |oclc=89117854 |doi=10.1139/e03-028 |bibcode=2003CaJES..40.1137B }}</ref>

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[[Category:Bays of Foxe Basin]]