Okse Bay
Okse Bay | |
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Location | Norwegian Bay |
Coordinates | 77°7′6″N 87°29′59″W / 77.11833°N 87.49972°W |
Basin countries | Canada |
Settlements | Uninhabited |
Okse Bay is an Arctic waterway in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is located in Norwegian Bay by southwestern Ellesmere Island, east of Buckingham Island.
Geology
[edit]The thick series of strata at Okse Bay, characterized by sandstones, mudstones, and shale, are referred to as the Okse Bay Formation.[1]
References
[edit]- Okse Bay, Nunavut at Atlas of Canada
Further reading
[edit]- Rice, R. J. (1988). The sedimentology and petrology of the Okse Bay group, Middle and Upper Devonian, on S.W. Ellesmere Island and North Kent Island in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Ottawa: National Library of Canada.