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Peary Bay
Peary
Bay
is an
Arctic
waterway
in
Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut
,
Canada
. It is located in
Nares Strait
by
eastern
Ellesmere Island
between the
Cook Peninsula
and the
Bache Peninsula
.
It was named in
honor
of
the American
explorer
Robert Peary
by
Norwegian
oceanographer
and
meteorologist
Harald Sverdrup
.