Wellington Bay

{{Short description|Bay in Nunavut, Canada}} {{Use Canadian English|date=May 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2024}} {{Infobox body of water |name= Wellington Bay |image= |caption = |location= [[Dease Strait]] |coords= {{coord|69|20|N|106|35|W|region:CA-NU_type:waterbody_scale:500000|notes=<ref name=cgndb>{{Cite cgndb|OARSH|Wellington Bay|date=23 May 2024}}</ref>|display=inline,title|name=Wellington Bay}} |rivers= [[Ekalluk River]]<br />Halokvik<br />Paliryuak |oceans= [[Arctic Ocean]] |countries= Canada |length= |width= |area= |cities= Uninhabited |references= |pushpin_map = Canada Nunavut }} '''Wellington Bay'''<ref name=cgndb/> is an [[Arctic]] waterway in [[Kitikmeot Region]], [[Nunavut]], [[Canada]]. It is located in [[Dease Strait]], off southern [[Victoria Island (Canada)|Victoria Island]]. It is about {{cvt|65|km}} northwest of the community of [[Cambridge Bay]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://geonames.nrcan.gc.ca/search-place-names/search?latdec=69.333333&londec=-106.58333&sort-field=distance&from=Wellington+Bay&q=Cambridge+Bay |title=Point-to-point distance Wellington Bay – Cambridge Bay|access-date=23 May 2024|date=16 February 2016}}</ref>

It is one of several Canadian landforms named in honour of [[Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington]].

==Geography== There are several small islands within the bay. Several rivers flow into it including the [[Ekalluk River]], Paliryuak (Surrey River), and Halokvik River (Halovik or Thirty-Mile River).<ref name="Char">{{cite web|url=https://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fisheries-peches/ifmp-gmp/arctic-char-omble-chev/arctic-char-omble-chev-eng.html |title=Cambridge Bay Arctic Char Commercial Fishery (Summary Version) - Effective 2014|date=2014|work=Stock Status Report 2004/010|publisher=[[Fisheries and Oceans Canada]]|access-date=23 May 2024}}</ref>

==Fauna== Commercial fishing activities include [[Arctic char]].<ref name="Char" />

==References== {{Reflist}}

[[Category:Bays of the Kitikmeot Region]] [[Category:Victoria Island (Canada)]]