Beare Sound
Beare Sound (variant: Beares Sound)[1] is an Arctic waterway in Qikiqtaaluk, Nunavut, Canada. It is located in eastern Frobisher Bay off the southern tip of Baffin Island's Blunt Peninsula.
| Beare Sound | |
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  Beare Sound | |
| Coordinates | 62°31′N 065°14′W |
| Basin countries | Canada |
| Settlements | uninhabited |
Martin Frobisher named the sound after James Beare, principal surveyor of the 1577/78 Frobisher expedition.[2]
References
- Brown, George Williams (1966). Dictionary of Canadian biography. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. pp. 85. ISBN 0-8020-3142-0.
james beare frobisher.
- Shaw, N.; Greenfield, H.; Bates, H.W. (1843). The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society. London: J. Murray. pp. 12, 16. OCLC 21468267.
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