Egingwah Bay
| Egingwah Bay | ||
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| Waters | M'Clintock Inlet ( Arctic Ocean ) | |
| Land mass | Ellesmere Island | |
| Geographical location | 82 ° 46 ′ 10 ″ N , 76 ° 56 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| length | approx. 6 km | |
The Egingwah Bay is a bay of McClintock Inlet , a fjord of the Arctic Ocean in the north of Ellesmere Island . It belongs to the Quttinirpaaq National Park in the Nunavut Territory in Canada and is about 103 km from Cape Columbia .
The bay is named after Egingwah, one of the four Inuit who took part in Robert Edwin Peary's expedition to the North Pole in 1909 . Ootah Bay , on the opposite side of M'Clintock Inlet, is also named after a participant of this expedition.
climate
The climate at Ootah Bay is highly arctic with very little rainfall. The average temperature in the summer months of June, July and August 0 ° C. In winter the air temperature can drop below −40 ° C. Polar day and polar night each last over 4.5 months. Northern lights also occur .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Detailed Info - Metadata (English) - Natural Resources Canada (www4.rncan.gc.ca), accessed September 19, 2013
- ↑ List of featured quads for Canada - toposports.com, accessed September 19, 2013
- ↑ Calculated Distance ( Memento of the original from September 22, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Eng.) - Natural Resources Canada (www4.rncan.gc.ca), accessed September 19, 2013
- ↑ North Pole Expedition Photos (English) - National Geographic , accessed September 18, 2013
Web links
- The Atlas of Canada - Toporama (eng.) - Natural Resources Canada (www4.rncan.gc.ca), accessed September 19, 2013