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See also:BAFFIN See also:BAY and BAFFIN See also:LAND, an See also:arctic See also:sea and an insular See also:tract named after the explorer See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William Baffin. Baffin or Baffin's Bay is See also:part of the See also:long strait which separates Baffin Land from See also:Greenland. It extends from about 69° to 78 N. and from 54° to 76° W. From the See also:northern end it is connected (1) with the polar sea northward by See also:- SMITH
- SMITH, ADAM (1723–1790)
- SMITH, ALEXANDER (183o-1867)
- SMITH, ANDREW JACKSON (1815-1897)
- SMITH, CHARLES EMORY (1842–1908)
- SMITH, CHARLES FERGUSON (1807–1862)
- SMITH, CHARLOTTE (1749-1806)
- SMITH, COLVIN (1795—1875)
- SMITH, EDMUND KIRBY (1824-1893)
- SMITH, G
- SMITH, GEORGE (1789-1846)
- SMITH, GEORGE (184o-1876)
- SMITH, GEORGE ADAM (1856- )
- SMITH, GERRIT (1797–1874)
- SMITH, GOLDWIN (1823-191o)
- SMITH, HENRY BOYNTON (1815-1877)
- SMITH, HENRY JOHN STEPHEN (1826-1883)
- SMITH, HENRY PRESERVED (1847– )
- SMITH, JAMES (1775–1839)
- SMITH, JOHN (1579-1631)
- SMITH, JOHN RAPHAEL (1752–1812)
- SMITH, JOSEPH, JR
- SMITH, MORGAN LEWIS (1822–1874)
- SMITH, RICHARD BAIRD (1818-1861)
- SMITH, ROBERT (1689-1768)
- SMITH, SIR HENRY GEORGE WAKELYN
- SMITH, SIR THOMAS (1513-1577)
- SMITH, SIR WILLIAM (1813-1893)
- SMITH, SIR WILLIAM SIDNEY (1764-1840)
- SMITH, SYDNEY (1771-1845)
- SMITH, THOMAS SOUTHWOOD (1788-1861)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (1769-1839)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (c. 1730-1819)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (fl. 1596)
- SMITH, WILLIAM FARRAR (1824—1903)
- SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1808—1872)
- SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1825—1891)
- SMITH, WILLIAM ROBERTSON (1846-'894)
Smith See also:Sound, prolonged by See also:Kane See also:Basin and See also:Kennedy and Robeson Channels; (2) with the straits which ramify through the See also:archipelago to the See also:north-See also:west by narrow channels at the See also:head of See also:- JONES
- JONES, ALFRED GILPIN (1824-1906)
- JONES, EBENEZER (182o-186o)
- JONES, ERNEST CHARLES (1819-1869)
- JONES, HENRY (1831-1899)
- JONES, HENRY ARTHUR (1851- )
- JONES, INIGO (1573-1651)
- JONES, JOHN (c. 1800-1882)
- JONES, MICHAEL (d. 1649)
- JONES, OWEN (1741-1814)
- JONES, OWEN (1809-1874)
- JONES, RICHARD (179o-1855)
- JONES, SIR ALFRED LEWIS (1845-1909)
- JONES, SIR WILLIAM (1746-1794)
- JONES, THOMAS RUPERT (1819– )
- JONES, WILLIAM (1726-1800)
Jones Sound, from which 0. See also:Sverdrup and his party conducted explorations in 'goo–1902; (3) with the more southerly part of the same archipelago by See also:Lancaster Sound. Baffin Bay was explored very fully in 1616 by Baffin. The coasts are generally high, precipitous and deeply indented. The most important See also:island on the See also:east See also:side is Disco, to the north of Disco Bay, Greenland. During the greater part of the See also:year this sea is frozen, but, while hardly ever See also:free of See also:ice, there are normally navigable channels along the coasts from the beginning of See also:June to the end of See also:September connected by transverse channels. The bay is noted as a centre of the See also:whale and See also:seal See also:fishery. At more than one point a See also:depth exceeding r000 fathoms has been ascertained.
Baffin Land is a barren insular tract, included in See also:Franklin See also:district, See also:Canada, with an approximate See also:area of 236,000 sq. m., situated between 61° and 9o° W. and 62° and 74° N. The eastern and northern coasts are rocky and mountainous, and are deeply indented by large bays including See also:Frobisher and See also:Home Bays, See also:Cumberland Sound and See also:Admiralty Inlet. Baffin Land is separated from Greenland by Baffin Bay and See also:Davis Strait, from See also:Ungava by See also:Hudson Strait, from See also:Keewatin and See also:Melville See also:Peninsula by See also:Fox Channel and Fury-and-Hecla Strait, from See also:Boothia Peninsula and North See also:Somerset by the Gulf of Boothia and See also:Prince See also:Regent Inlet, and from North See also:Devon by Lancaster Sound. Various names are given to various parts of the land—thus the north-western part is called See also:Cockburn Land, farther
east is North See also:Galloway; on the extreme eastern peninsula are Cumberland and See also:Penny Lands, while the See also:southern is called See also:Meta Incognita; in the west is Fox Land. In the southern part of the interior are two large lakes, Amadjuak, which lies at an See also:altitude of 289 ft., and Nettiling or Kennedy.
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