Irene Bay is an Arctic waterway in the Qikiqtaaluk Region. Nunavut, Canada. It is located in Eureka Sound by western Ellesmere Island.

Geography

The Sverdrup Pass, a 109 km (68 mi) long travel route across the island, extends from Irene Bay to Flagler Bay.[2]

Flora

In the late 1980s, several sites of fossilized tree stumps and branches were found on its northern shore, an area now characterized by Arctic willow shrubs.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Irene Bay". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. 24 August 2024.
  2. ^ McCullough, Karen Margrethe (1989). The Ruin Islanders: Thule culture pioneers in the Eastern High Arctic. Archaeological Survey of Canada (Digitized 24 September 2008 ed.). Canadian Museum of Civilization. p. 17. ISBN 0-660-10793-7.
  3. ^ Thurston, T.; Raillard, M.; Svoboda, J. (Winter 1989). "New fossil forest site at Irene Bay, Ellesmere Island, N.W.T." ucalgary.ca. Retrieved 11 June 2009.


Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irene_Bay
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