Purchase Bay
Purchase Bay is a fjord in the Arctic Archipelago, on the western side of Melville Island, Northwest Territories, Canada. It is approximately 65 km long. It was named for the engineer of HMS Intrepid, Thomas Purchase, during the Belcher expedition…Purchase Bay
- Bay
- Description: bay in the Northwest Territories, Canada
- Category: body of water
- Location
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Latitude
75.54386° or 75° 32′ 38″ north
Longitude
-116.10901° or 116° 6′ 32″ west
Open location code
C575GVVR+G9
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Venetian—“Purchase Bay” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Purchase Bay”
- Cebuano: “Purchase Bay”
- Chinese: “珀切斯灣”
- Japanese: “パーチェス湾”
- Swedish: “Purchase Bay”
- Venetian: “Baja de Purchase”
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