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Hudson Bay, [a] sometimes called Hudson's Bay (usually historically), is a large body of saltwater in northeastern Canada with a surface area of 1,230,000 km 2 (470,000 sq mi). It is located north of Ontario , west of Quebec , northeast of Manitoba , and southeast of Nunavut , but politically entirely part of Nunavut. [ 5 ]
Coats Island (Inuktitut: ᐊᑉᐸᑑᕐᔪᐊᖅ, Appatuurjuaq) [2] lies at the northern end of Hudson Bay in the Kivalliq Region of Nunavut.At 5,498 km 2 (2,123 sq mi) in size, it is the 107th largest island in the world, and Canada's 24th largest island.
The origin of the Nastapoka arc has been a source of disagreement and discussion among geologists, other Earth scientists, and planetary geologists.Noting the paucity of impact structures on Earth in relation to the Moon and Mars and remarkable curvature of the shoreline of this part of Hudson Bay, Beals [1] proposes that the Nastapoka arc is possibly part of a Precambrian extraterrestrial ...
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The first European to encounter the islands was English sea explorer Henry Hudson, the namesake of Hudson Bay, who sighted the islands in 1610. [6] In 1670, the islands and the entirety of Hudson Bay drainage basin were designated by the English king, Charles II , as Rupert's Land , managed by the Hudson's Bay Company .
Southampton Island (Inuktitut: Shugliaq) [3] is a large island at the entrance to Hudson Bay at Foxe Basin.One of the larger members of the Arctic Archipelago, Southampton Island is part of the Kivalliq Region in Nunavut, Canada.
Port Nelson was named by Thomas Button who wintered there in 1612. "August 15, 1612 Captain Thomas Button seeking for a harbour on the west coast of Hudson's Bay in which he might repair damages incurred during a severe storm, discovered the mouth of a large river which he designated Port Nelson, from the name of the master of his ship whom he buried there."