Castel Bay
Bay in the Northwest Territories, Canada
74°12′02″N 119°35′11″W / 74.20056°N 119.58639°W / 74.20056; -119.58639 (Castel Bay)[1]
Castel Bay is a Canadian Arctic waterway in the Northwest Territories. It is a southern arm of M'Clure Strait on northeast Banks Island. The mouth of the larger Mercy Bay is less than 20 km (12 mi) to the east.These bays are a part of Aulavik National Park.
It is named by Vilhjalmur Stefansson in honour of Arctic explorer Aarnout Castel.[2][3]
References
- ^ "Castel Bay". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. 3 September 2024.
- ^ Stefansson, Vilhjalmur (1921). The friendly Arctic; the story of five years in Polar regions. New York: Macmillan Co. pp. 139, 140. OCLC 255330.
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- ^ Gazetteer of the Northwest Territories Archived September 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
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Bays of the Northwest Territories
- Burnett
- Castel
- Darnley
- De Salis
- Deans Dundas
- Franklin
- Hadley
- Hecla and Griper
- Jago
- Marie
- Mercy
- Moore
- Purchase
- Sabine
- Storkerson
- Thesiger
- Walker
- Wynniatt
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