# Maxwell Bay

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Bay in Nunavut, Canada

For the bay in the South Shetland Islands, see [Maxwell Bay (Antarctica)](/source/Maxwell_Bay_(Antarctica)). For the bay previously known as Murray Maxwell Bay, see [Tasiujaq (Foxe Basin)](/source/Tasiujaq_(Foxe_Basin)).

Maxwell Bay Maxwell Bay Location Lancaster Sound Coordinates 74°40′00″N 88°48′30″W / 74.66667°N 88.80833°W / 74.66667; -88.80833 (Maxwell Bay)[1] Ocean/sea sources Arctic Ocean Basin countries Canada Settlements Uninhabited

**Maxwell Bay** is a waterway in the [Qikiqtaaluk Region](/source/Qikiqtaaluk_Region), [Nunavut](/source/Nunavut), Canada. It lies off the southern coast of [Devon Island](/source/Devon_Island) in the eastern high [Arctic](/source/Arctic). Like [Croker Bay](/source/Croker_Bay) to the east, it is an arm of [Lancaster Sound](/source/Lancaster_Sound) and [Barrow Strait](/source/Barrow_Strait).

Maxwell Bay was named by [William Edward Parry](/source/William_Edward_Parry) in honour of Sir [Murray Maxwell](/source/Murray_Maxwell).[2][3]

## References

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

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Gardner_2-0)** Gardner, Charles Kitchell (1822). [*The Literary and Scientific Repository, and Critical Review*](https://books.google.com/books?id=mBgAAAAAYAAJ). Vol. 4 (Digitized February 26, 2007 ed.). Wiley and Halsted. p. 67.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [*The Gentleman's magazine*](https://books.google.com/books?id=2nJKpRjYVugC&q=%22%22Maxwell+Bay%22+devon&pg=PA546) (Digitized August 2, 2005 ed.). F. Jefferie. 1820. p. 546.

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