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Prince Alfred Bay is a waterway in
Qikiqtaaluk Region The Qikiqtaaluk Region, Qikiqtani Region (Inuktitut syllabics: ᕿᑭᖅᑖᓗᒃ ) or Baffin Region is the easternmost, northernmost, and southernmost administrative region of Nunavut, Canada. Qikiqtaaluk is the traditional Inuktitut name f ...
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. It lies off the western coast of
Devon Island Devon Island ( iu, ᑕᓪᓗᕈᑎᑦ, ) is an island in Canada and the largest uninhabited island (no permanent residents) in the world. It is located in Baffin Bay, Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is one of the largest members of the Ar ...
, forming a border of the Grinnell Peninsula, in the eastern high
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Pioneer Bay Pioneer Bay is a waterway in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. It lies off the southwestern coast of Devon Island in the eastern high Arctic. Like Baring Bay to the south and Prince Alfred Bay to the north, it is an arm of Wellington Channel. ...
to the south, it is an arm of Wellington Channel.


Geography

Prince Alfred Bay's southern coast is characterized by rugged hills.


References


Further reading

* Morrow, D. W., & Kerr, J. W. (1977). ''Stratigraphy and sedimentology of Lower Paleozoic formations near Prince Alfred Bay, Devon Island''. Ottawa, Canada: Geological Survey of Canada. * Morrow, D. W., & Kerr, J. W. (1986). ''Geology of Grinnell Peninsula and the Prince Alfred Bay area, Devon Island, District of Franklin, Northwest Territories''. Ottawa: Geological Survey of Canada. Bays of Qikiqtaaluk Region {{QikiqtaalukNU-geo-stub