Skene Bay

{{Short description|Bay in Nunavut, Canada}} {{Use Canadian English|date=September 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox body of water |name= Skene Bay |image= |caption = |location= [[Viscount Melville Sound]] |coords= {{Coord|75|00|N|107|50|W|region:CA-NU_type:waterbody_scale:500000|notes=<ref>{{Cite cgndb|OAOPJ|Skene Bay|date=2 September 2024}}</ref>|display=inline, title|name=Skene Bay}} |rivers= |oceans= [[Arctic Ocean]] |pushpin_map=Canada Nunavut |countries= Canada |length= |width= |area= |cities= Uninhabited |references= }} '''Skene Bay''' is an Arctic waterway in the [[Qikiqtaaluk Region]], [[Nunavut]], Canada. Located off southern [[Melville Island (Northwest Territories and Nunavut)|Melville Island]], the bay is an arm of [[Viscount Melville Sound]].

It is named after Lieutenant Edward Monte Skene who served on [[Arctic]] expeditions with Sir [[John Ross (explorer)|John Ross]] in 1818, and with Sir [[William Edward Parry]] in 1819.<ref name="Taylor ">{{cite book|last=Taylor |first=Isaac|title=Names and their histories: a handbook of historical geography and topographical nomenclature|publisher=Rivingtons|date=1898|edition=2 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/namesandtheirhi00taylgoog/page/n274 260]|url=https://archive.org/details/namesandtheirhi00taylgoog|quote=skene bay. }}</ref><ref name="Tait">{{cite magazine |title=Obituary Notices for July: Lieutenant Skene, R.N. |magazine=Tait's Edinburgh Magazine |publisher=W. Tait|date=August 1849|volume=16|page=549|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P75MAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA549}}</ref>

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[[Category:Bays of the Qikiqtaaluk Region]]