Maxwell Bay

{{Short description|Bay in Nunavut, Canada}} {{Use Canadian English|date=August 2024}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2024}} {{for2|the bay in the South Shetland Islands|Maxwell Bay (Antarctica)|the bay previously known as Murray Maxwell Bay|Tasiujaq (Foxe Basin)}} {{Infobox body of water |name= Maxwell Bay |image= |caption = |location= [[Lancaster Sound]] |coords= {{coord|74|40|00|N|88|48|30|W|region:CA-NU_type:waterbody_scale:500000|notes=<ref>{{Cite cgndb|OAKNB|Maxwell Bay|date=August 24, 2024}}</ref>|display=inline,title|name=Maxwell Bay}} |rivers= |oceans= [[Arctic Ocean]] |pushpin_map=Canada Nunavut |countries= Canada |length= |width= |area= |cities= Uninhabited |references= }} '''Maxwell Bay''' is a waterway in the [[Qikiqtaaluk Region]], [[Nunavut]], Canada. It lies off the southern coast of [[Devon Island]] in the eastern high [[Arctic]]. Like [[Croker Bay]] to the east, it is an arm of [[Lancaster Sound]] and [[Barrow Strait]].

Maxwell Bay was named by [[William Edward Parry]] in honour of Sir [[Murray Maxwell]].<ref name="Gardner">{{cite book|last=Gardner|first=Charles Kitchell |title=The Literary and Scientific Repository, and Critical Review |publisher=Wiley and Halsted|date=1822 |edition=Digitized February 26, 2007|volume=4|pages=67|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mBgAAAAAYAAJ}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=The Gentleman's magazine |publisher=F. Jefferie|date=1820|edition=Digitized August 2, 2005|pages=546|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2nJKpRjYVugC&q=%22%22Maxwell+Bay%22+devon&pg=PA546}}</ref>

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[[Category:Bays of the Qikiqtaaluk Region]]