Graham Moore Bay

Graham Moore Bay
Location Viscount Melville Sound
Coordinates 75°30′N 102°0′W / 75.500°N 102.000°W / 75.500; -102.000 (Graham Moore Bay)Coordinates: 75°30′N 102°0′W / 75.500°N 102.000°W / 75.500; -102.000 (Graham Moore Bay)
Basin countries Canada
Settlements Uninhabited

Graham Moore Bay is an Arctic waterway in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. Located off northern Bathurst Island, the bay is an arm of Viscount Melville Sound.

It was named by Sir William Edward Parry in honor of Vice-Admiral Sir Graham Moore.[1]

References

  1. Parry, William Edward (1821). Journal of a voyage for the discovery of a North-West passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific. [1], Performed in the years 1819 - 20 in his majesty's ships Hecla and Griper. London: John Murray. p. 59.


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