Macormick Bay Explained

Macormick Bay
Location:Wellington Channel
Coords:75.3667°N -115°W
Oceans:Arctic Ocean
Pushpin Map:Canada Nunavut
Countries:Canada
Cities:Uninhabited

Macormick Bay (alternate: McCormick Bay)[1] is an Arctic waterway in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. It lies off the southwestern coast of Devon Island in the eastern high Arctic. Like Baring Bay to the north, it is an arm of Wellington Channel.

It is named in honor of Dr. Robert McCormick, a British Royal Navy surgeo, explorer and naturalist who searched nearby for the lost expedition of Sir John Franklin.[2]

Geography

Macormick Bay's cliffs are characterized by Silurian limestone.[3]

Snowblind Bay on Cornwallis Island, to the west, has similar red strata beds.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Macormick bay. tageo.com. June 10, 2009.
  2. 1854. Forlorn Hope. Fraser's Magazine. Longmans, Green, and Co.. 49. Digitized November 21, 2007. 633.
  3. Web site: Agricultural and industrial progress in Canada. Canadian Pacific Railway Company. 1941. Digitized October 19, 2007. Dept. of Immigration and Colonization of the Canadian Pacific Railway. 140. June 10, 2009.
  4. Book: Geological Survey of Canada. Memoir . 1963. 320. 125. Canada, Geological Survey of.