# Princess Marie Bay

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Bay in Nunavut, Canada

Not to be confused with [Marie Bay](/source/Marie_Bay) on Melville Island.

Princess Marie Bay Princess Marie Bay Location Nares Strait Coordinates 79°20′N 076°00′W / 79.333°N 76.000°W / 79.333; -76.000 (Princess Marie Bay)[1] Ocean/sea sources Arctic Ocean Basin countries Canada Settlements Uninhabited

**Princess Marie Bay** is an [Arctic](/source/Arctic) waterway in the [Qikiqtaaluk Region](/source/Qikiqtaaluk_Region), [Nunavut](/source/Nunavut), Canada. It is located in [Nares Strait](/source/Nares_Strait) by eastern [Ellesmere Island](/source/Ellesmere_Island), and marks the southwestern edge of [Cook Peninsula](/source/Cook_Peninsula). It is also south of the [Sven Hedin Glacier](/source/Sven_Hedin_Glacier).

## Fauna

Its lowland habitat is characterized by wet [sedge](/source/Cyperaceae) meadows.[2]

## Exploration

[Robert Peary](/source/Robert_Peary)'s 1898 exploration included this bay.[3]

## References

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

1. **[^](#cite_ref-ucalgary_2-0)** Henry, G.; B. Freedman; J. Svoboda (March 1986). ["Survey of Vegetated Areas and Muskox Populations in East-Central Ellesmere Island"](http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic39-1-78.pdf) (PDF). *Arctic*. **39** (1). ucalgary.ca: 80. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.14430/arctic2050](https://doi.org/10.14430%2Farctic2050).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Ingersoll_3-0)** Ingersoll, Ernest (1920). ["Conquest of the North — Story of Com. Peary's Life"](https://web.archive.org/web/20080515124440/http://pearyhenson.org/robertepeary/cover.htm). Archived from [the original](http://www.pearyhenson.org/robertepeary/cover.htm) on May 15, 2008. Retrieved June 11, 2009.

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