Coordinates: 75°35′02″N 116°00′10″W / 75.58389°N 116.00278°W / 75.58389; -116.00278 (Purchase Bay)[1]

Purchase Bay

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Purchase Bay
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LocationMelville Island
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Ocean/sea sourcesArctic Ocean
Basin countriesCanada
SettlementsUninhabited

Purchase Bay is a fjord in the Arctic Archipelago, on the western side of Melville Island, Northwest Territories, Canada. It is approximately 65 km (40 mi) long. It was named for the engineer of HMS Intrepid, Thomas Purchase, during the Belcher expedition[2]

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