# Irene Bay

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Bay in Nunavut, Canada

Irene Bay Irene Bay Location Eureka Sound Coordinates 79°00′N 81°47′W / 79.000°N 81.783°W / 79.000; -81.783 (Irene Bay)[1] Ocean/sea sources Arctic Ocean Basin countries Canada Settlements Uninhabited

**Irene Bay** is an [Arctic](/source/Arctic) waterway in the [Qikiqtaaluk Region](/source/Qikiqtaaluk_Region). [Nunavut](/source/Nunavut), Canada. It is located in [Eureka Sound](/source/Eureka_Sound) by western [Ellesmere Island](/source/Ellesmere_Island).

## Geography

The [Sverdrup Pass](/source/Sverdrup_Pass), a 109 km (68 mi) long travel route across the island, extends from Irene Bay to [Flagler Bay](/source/Flagler_Bay).[2]

## Flora

In the late 1980s, several sites of fossilized tree stumps and branches were found on its northern shore, an area now characterized by [Arctic willow](/source/Arctic_willow) shrubs.[3]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Irene Bay"](https://geonames.nrcan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique?id=OAHZY). *[Geographical Names Data Base](/source/GeoBase_(geospatial_data)#Geographical_Names_Data_Base)*. [Natural Resources Canada](/source/Natural_Resources_Canada). 24 August 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-McCullough_2-0)** McCullough, Karen Margrethe (1989). [*The Ruin Islanders: Thule culture pioneers in the Eastern High Arctic*](https://books.google.com/books?id=RZ56AAAAMAAJ&q=%22flagler+bay%22+). Archaeological Survey of Canada (Digitized 24 September 2008 ed.). Canadian Museum of Civilization. p. 17. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-660-10793-7](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-660-10793-7).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-ucalgary_3-0)** Thurston, T.; Raillard, M.; Svoboda, J. (Winter 1989). ["New fossil forest site at Irene Bay, Ellesmere Island, N.W.T."](http://www.aina.ucalgary.ca/scripts/minisa.dll/144/proe/propub/au+raillard,+m*+and+rt+any+p?COMMANDSEARCH) ucalgary.ca. Retrieved 11 June 2009.[*[dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*]

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