# Prince Alfred Bay

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Bay in Nunavut, Canada

Prince Alfred Bay Prince Alfred Bay Location Wellington Channel Coordinates 76°19′N 93°22′W / 76.317°N 93.367°W / 76.317; -93.367 (Prince Alfred Bay)[1] Ocean/sea sources Arctic Ocean Basin countries Canada Settlements Uninhabited

**Prince Alfred Bay** is a waterway in the [Qikiqtaaluk Region](/source/Qikiqtaaluk_Region), [Nunavut](/source/Nunavut), Canada. It lies off the western coast of [Devon Island](/source/Devon_Island), forming a border of the [Grinnell Peninsula](/source/Grinnell_Peninsula), in the eastern high [Arctic](/source/Arctic). Like [Pioneer Bay](/source/Pioneer_Bay) to the south, it is an arm of [Wellington Channel](/source/Wellington_Channel).

## Geography

Prince Alfred Bay's southern coast is characterized by rugged hills.[2]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Prince Alfred Bay"](https://geonames.nrcan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique?id=OANDY). *[Geographical Names Data Base](/source/GeoBase_(geospatial_data)#Geographical_Names_Data_Base)*. [Natural Resources Canada](/source/Natural_Resources_Canada). 2 September 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Sutherland_2-0)** Sutherland, Peter Cormack (1852). [*Journal of a voyage in Baffin's bay and Barrow straits, in the years 1850-1851 ..: under the command of Mr. William Penney, in search of the missing crews of H. M. ships, Erebus and Terror .*](https://books.google.com/books?id=qKwNAAAAQAAJ&dq=%22prince+alfred+bay%22+devon&pg=PA87) (Digitized Sep 18, 2007 ed.). Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. p. 87.

## Further reading

- Morrow, D. W., & Kerr, J. W. (1977). *Stratigraphy and sedimentology of Lower Paleozoic formations near Prince Alfred Bay, Devon Island*. Ottawa, Canada: Geological Survey of Canada.

- Morrow, D. W., & Kerr, J. W. (1986). *Geology of Grinnell Peninsula and the Prince Alfred Bay area, Devon Island, District of Franklin, Northwest Territories*. Ottawa: Geological Survey of Canada.

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