Baffin Bay

arm of the N Atlantic, between Greenland & Baffin Island

Origin: after William Baffin, its discoverer

See Baffin Bay in American Heritage Dictionary 4

An ice-clogged body of water between northeast Canada and Greenland. It connects with the Arctic Ocean to the north and west and with the Atlantic Ocean to the south by way of Davis Strait.

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