{{Short description|Bay in Nunavut, Canada}} {{Use Canadian English|date=May 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2024}} {{Infobox body of water |name= Pistol Bay |image= |caption = |location= [[Hudson Bay]] |coords= {{coord|62|25|00|N|92|40|30|W|region:CA-NU_type:waterbody_scale:500000|notes=<ref>{{Cite cgndb|OAMYM|Pistol Bay|date=27 May 2024}}</ref>|display=inline,title|name=Pistol Bay}} |rivers= |oceans= [[Arctic Ocean]] |countries= Canada |pushpin_map=Canada Nunavut |length= |width= |area= |cities= Uninhabited |references= }}
'''Pistol Bay''' is a waterway in the [[Kivalliq Region]], [[Nunavut]], Canada. It is located in northwestern [[Hudson Bay]] between Igloo Point ({{cvt|30|km}} east<ref>{{cite web|url=https://geonames.nrcan.gc.ca/search-place-names/search?latdec=62.366667&londec=-92.1&sort-field=distance&from=Igloo+Point&q=Pistol+Bay+ |title=Point-to-point distance Igloo Point – Pistol Bay|date=16 February 2021|access-date=27 May 2024|publisher=Natural Resources Canada}}</ref>) and Term Point ({{cvt|30|km}} south southeast<ref>{{cite web|url=https://geonames.nrcan.gc.ca/search-place-names/search?latdec=62.133333&londec=-92.466667&sort-field=distance&from=Term+Point&q=Pistol+Bay |title=Point-to-point distance Igloo Point – Term Point|date=16 February 2021|access-date=27 May 2024|publisher=Natural Resources Canada}}</ref>).<ref name="Agency2005">{{cite book|author=National Geospatial-intelligence Agency|title=Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Newfoundland, Labrador, and Hudson Bay Enroute|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TgNQqdmMV5oC&pg=PA275|access-date=28 December 2010|date=January 2005|publisher=ProStar Publications|isbn=978-1-57785-661-0|pages=275–}}</ref>
The [[Pork Peninsula]] separates the bay and Corbett Inlet.
The community of [[Whale Cove, Nunavut|Whale Cove]] lies {{cvt|28|km}} south.<ref name=WClocation>{{cite web|url=https://geonames.nrcan.gc.ca/search-place-names/search?latdec=62.416667&londec=-92.675&sort-field=distance&from=Pistol+Bay&q=Whale+Cove |title=Point-to-point distance Igloo Point – Whale Cove|date=16 February 2021|access-date=27 May 2024|publisher=Natural Resources Canada}}</ref>
==History== In 1815, [[Robert Kerr (writer)|Robert Kerr]] wrote that it was considered at one point as a possible gateway to the [[Northwest Passage]].<ref name="Kerr1815">{{cite book|last=Kerr|first=Robert |title=A general history and collection of voyages and travels: arranged in systematic order: forming a complete history of the origin and progress of navigation, discovery, and commerce, by sea and land, from the earliest ages to the present time|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0A8wAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA147|access-date=28 December 2010|year=1815|publisher=W. Blackwood|pages=147–}}</ref>
==Climate== Climate data is from [[Whale Cove, Nunavut|Whale Cove]], {{cvt|28|km}} south.<ref name=WClocation/>
The area features a cold [[tundra climate]] (“ET”), a [[polar climate]] sub-type under the [[Köppen climate classification]]; unlike most of the [[Kivalliq Region]] (most of which is usually a [[subarctic climate]]); with cold winters averaging around {{cvt|-23|C}}, and cool, very wet and rainy summers averaging around {{cvt|6.8|C}}; but temperatures of {{cvt|25|C}} or above are possible. Winters run from October/November until April/May with temperatures averaging between {{cvt|-14.6|and|-30.6|C}}. Summers run from June to September, and average temperatures range from {{cvt|3.5|to|9.8|C}}. Summers are usually cool, wet, and rainy, but can be warm, with a record high of {{cvt|29.0|C}}. Summers typically last four months.
{{Whale Cove weatherbox}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Bays of Nunavut}}
[[Category:Bays of the Kivalliq Region]]