Gibson Bay

{{Short description|Bay in Nunavut, Canada}} {{Use Canadian English|date=August 2024}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2024}} {{for|the bay in Antarctica|Joinville Island#Gibson Bay}} {{Infobox body of water |name= Gibson Bay |image= |caption = |location= [[Foxe Basin]] |coords= {{coord|65|16|N|76|00|W|region:CA-NU_type:waterbody_scale:500000|notes=<ref>{{Cite cgndb|OAGFY|Gibson Bay|date=20 August 2024}}</ref>|display=inline,title|name=Gibson Bay}} |rivers= Kommanik River |oceans= [[Arctic Ocean]] |pushpin_map=Canada Baffin Island#Canada Nunavut |countries= Canada |length= |width= |area= |cities= Uninhabited |references= }} '''Gibson 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|123|km}} to the south,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://travelingluck.com/North+America/Canada/Nunavut/_5960912_Gibson+Bay.html#local_map|title=Gibson Bay|publisher=travelingluck.com|access-date=2009-09-28|location=travelingluck}}</ref> while [[Nuwata]], a former settlement, is situated {{cvt|77|km}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://geonames.nrcan.gc.ca/search-place-names/search?latdec=65.266667&londec=-76&sort-field=distance&from=Gibson+Bay&q=Nuwata |title=Point-to-point distance Gibson Bay – Nuwata |date=February 16, 2021 |access-date=August 20, 2024}}</ref> to the west. It is fed by the Kommanik River whose headwaters are at Kavivan Lake, {{convert|5|mi|km|abbr=on}} to the southeast.<ref name="pilot">{{cite book|last=Dodd|first=G. J. |author2=G. P. Benson |author3=D. T. Watts |others=Great Britain. Hydrographic Dept |title=Arctic pilot|publisher=Hydrographer of the Navy|date=1976|edition=Digitized April 3, 2009|volume=3|pages=263|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mYsNAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Kommanik+River%22}}</ref> Within the bay, there is a small island chain.<ref>{{cite book|title=Publications|publisher=United States. Hydrographic Office|date=1946|edition=Digitized May 5, 2009|volume=77|pages=434|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HnUPAQAAIAAJ&q=%22gibson+bay%22+%22Kommanik+River%22}}</ref>

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[[Category:Bays of Foxe Basin]]