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…| Tap on a place to explore it |
Purchase Bay
- Type: Bay
- Description: bay in the Northwest Territories, Canada
- Category: body of water
- Location: Northwest Territories, Northern Canada, Canada, North America
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Latitude
75.49701° or 75° 29′ 49″ northLongitude
-115.99099° or 115° 59′ 28″ westOpen location code
C576F2W5+RJOpenStreetMap ID
node 12445128339OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bayGeoNames ID
6114288Wikidata ID
Q7260925
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Satellite Map
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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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