Garnet Bay

{{Short description|Bay in Nunavut, Canada}} {{Use Canadian English|date=August 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}} {{Infobox body of water |name= Garnet Bay |image= |caption = |location= [[Foxe Basin]] |coords= {{coord|65|18|N|75|22|W|region:CA-NU_type:waterbody_scale:500000|notes=<ref>{{Cite cgndb|OAGDJ|Garnet Bay|date=20 August 2024}}</ref>|display=inline,title|name=Garnet Bay}} |rivers= |oceans= [[Arctic Ocean]] |countries= Canada |length= |pushpin_map=Canada Nunavut |width= |area= |cities= Uninhabited |references= }} '''Garnet Bay''' is an arm of the [[Foxe Basin]] in the [[Qikiqtaaluk Region]] of [[Nunavut]], Canada. It is located on the northern coast of [[Foxe Peninsula]], in western [[Baffin Island]]. The closest community is [[Kinngait]], situated {{cvt|137|km}} to the south,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://travelingluck.com/North+America/Canada/Nunavut/_5959695_Garnet+Bay.html#local_map|title=Garnet Bay|publisher=travelingluck.com|access-date=2009-09-28|location=travelingluck}}</ref> while [[Nuwata]]{{emdash}}a former settlement, is situated {{cvt|106|km}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://geonames.nrcan.gc.ca/search-place-names/search?latdec=65.3&londec=-75.366667&sort-field=distance&from=Garnet+Bay&q=Nuwata |title=Point-to-point distance Garnet Bay – Nuwata |date=16 February 2021 |access-date=20 August 2024}}</ref> to the west.

==Avifauna== The bay has a {{cvt|4|km}} wide [[snow goose|lesser snow goose]] nesting area.<ref name="Kerbes">{{cite journal|last=Kerbes|first=R.H. |author2=K.M.Meeres |author3=R.T. Alisauskas |author4=F.D. Caswell |author5=K.F. Abraham |author6=R.K. Ross|date=2006|title=Surveys of Nesting Mid-continent Lesser Snow Geese and Ross's Geese in Eastern and Central Arctic Canada, 1997-98|journal=Technical Report Series|publisher=Canadian Wildlife Service|location=Saskatoon, Saskatchewan |issue=447}}</ref>

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[[Category:Bays of Foxe Basin]]