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 Translation for 'Baffin Bay' from English to Dutch
NOUN   the Baffin Bay | -
geogr.
Baffinbaai {de}
Baffin Bay
Partial Matches
geogr.
Baffineiland {het}
Baffin Island
geogr.
baai {de}
bay
2
geogr.
Jamesbaai {de}
James Bay
geogr.
Hudsonbaai {de}
Hudson Bay
geogr.
Pommerse Bocht {de}
Pomeranian Bay
gastr.
laurierblad {het}
bay leaf
geogr.
Golf {de} van Campeche
Bay of Campeche
geogr.
Fundybaai {de}
Bay of Fundy
geogr.
Golf {de} van Bengalen
Bay of Bengal
geogr.
Golf {de} van Biskaje
Bay of Biscay
geogr.
Pommerse Bocht {de}
Bay of Pomerania
vogelk.T
bruinrugklauwier {de} [Lanius vittatus]
bay-backed shrike
geogr.
Baai {de} van Fundy
Bay of Fundy
gesch.mil.
Slag {de} in de Baai van Manilla
Battle of Manila Bay
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Usage Examples English
  • They were also to attempt to establish the location of the Earth's North Magnetic Pole, then believed to lie somewhere along the western shore of Baffin Bay.
  • By 56 Mya Greenland had become an independent plate, separated from North America by the Labrador Sea-Baffin Bay Rift.
  • He is primarily known for his attempt to find a Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific, during the course of which he was the first European to discover Baffin Bay situated between Canada and Greenland.
  • The Danish island dependency of Greenland lies to Canada's northeast, separated from the Canadian Arctic islands by Baffin Bay and Davis Strait.
  • In July 2015, "Amundsen" was redirected from a 115-day science cruise to northern Baffin Bay to aid resupply ships for northern communities which were navigating heavy ice in Hudson Bay.

  • From there she crossed Baffin Bay and navigated the narrow, icy straits of the Arctic Archipelago.
  • Sverdrup attempted to circumnavigate Greenland via Baffin Bay but failed to make it through the Nares Strait.
  • To the north is Baffin Bay. The strait was named for the English explorer John Davis (1550–1605), who explored the area while seeking a Northwest Passage.
  • In July 1616, Lancaster Sound, the entrance to the Northwest Passage, on the north-west side of Baffin Bay (74° N.), was named by William Baffin after Sir James.
  • The expedition was last seen on 29 July, by whalers in the northern waters of Baffin Bay, moored to an ice floe and waiting for the chance to sail westward.

  • Some had it at the Bering Strait (map at right) and others had it running from the Gulf of California to Baffin Bay.
  • Its main effect was to open a route for whale ships to the northern Baffin Bay and provoke Parry to re-explore Lancaster Sound and find a major portion of the North West Passage.
  • Individuals are commonly recorded in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, such as in the northern part of Hudson Bay, Hudson Strait, Baffin Bay; off the east coast of Greenland; and in a strip running east from the northern end of Greenland round to eastern Russia (170° East).
  • In August 2010 the guided missile destroyer [...] and USCGC "Alder" participated in Operation Nanook 2010 in Baffin Bay and the Davis Straits.
  • In August 2010, "Porter" and the United States Coast Guard buoy tender [...] participated in Operation Nanook 2010 in Baffin Bay and the Davis Straits.

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