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Macormick Bay
Macormick Bay is located in Nunavut
Macormick Bay
Macormick Bay
Location in Nunavut
Location Wellington Channel
Coordinates 75°22′01″N 92°25′01″W / 75.367°N 92.417°W / 75.367; -92.417 (Macormick Bay)
Basin countries Canada
Settlements Uninhabited

Macormick Bay (alternate: McCormick Bay) is an Arctic 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 north, it is an arm of Wellington Channel.

It is named in honor of Dr. Robert McCormick, a British Royal Navy surgeon, explorer and naturalist who searched nearby for the missing Sir John Franklin expedition.

Geography

Macormick Bay's cliffs are characterized by Silurian limestone.

Snowblind Bay on Cornwallis Island, to the west, has similar red strata beds.

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