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Baffin Bay combines an exposed Arctic seaway with a broken, island-fringed coastline in a way that reflects its position between Greenland and Baffin Island. Extending south toward Davis Strait and north to Nares Strait, it is one of the principal bodies of water between western Greenland and the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Its shores and offshore islands belong to a region long inhabited by Inuit communities, whose travel and subsistence traditions are closely tied to the sea. The bay takes its English name from navigator William Baffin, who explored these waters in 1616. Low rocky islands and broad channels give this high-latitude seascape a spare maritime character.