# Rosse Bay

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Bay in Nunavut, Canada

Rosse Bay Rosse Bay Show map of Nunavut Rosse Bay Show map of Canada Location Nares Strait Coordinates 78°40′N 74°35′W / 78.667°N 74.583°W / 78.667; -74.583 (Rosse Bay)[1] Ocean/sea sources Arctic Ocean Basin countries Canada Settlements Uninhabited

**Rosse 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) between [Pim Island](/source/Pim_Island) and [Ellesmere Island](/source/Ellesmere_Island)'s [Johan Peninsula](/source/Johan_Peninsula). The bay is also connected to [Rice Strait](/source/Rice_Strait).

## Geography

Physical characteristics include a gravel and sand [moraine](/source/Moraine) ridge on its southwestern shore.[2] There are also tidewater glaciers. The main discharge of Lefferts Glacier is into Rosse Bay.[3]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Rosse Bay"](https://geonames.nrcan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique?id=OAODH). *[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-Harington_2-0)** Harington, C. R. (2003). [*Annotated bibliography of Quaternary vertebrates of northern North America: with radiocarbon dates*](https://books.google.com/books?id=BQtyg5m1zQkC&q=rosse+bay+nunavut&pg=PA35). Canadian Museum of Nature. University of Toronto Press. p. 35. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-8020-4817-X](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-8020-4817-X).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Greely_3-0)** Greely, Adolphus Washington (1886). [*Three years of Arctic service: an account of the Lady Franklin bay expedition of 1881-84, and the attainment of the farthest north*](https://books.google.com/books?id=btSfAAAAMAAJ&q=%22rosse+bay%22+arctic&pg=PA153). Vol. 2 (Digitized 6 November 2008 ed.). C. Scribner's sons. p. 153.

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