Bay
Baffin Bay
The 3rd largest of the 14 bays measured in this atlas.
surface area 689,000 km² · 3rd/14
Wikidata · ranks computed across the features of the same kind in this atlas that carry the measurement
- Surface area
- 689,000 km²
- Measurement held by Wikidata (CC0), converted to the atlas unit. Where Wikidata carries several values that differ by more than 2%, the atlas shows none rather than picking one.
- Maximum depth
- 2,136 m
- Measurement held by Wikidata (CC0), converted to the atlas unit. Where Wikidata carries several values that differ by more than 2%, the atlas shows none rather than picking one.
- Length
- 1,130 km
- Measurement held by Wikidata (CC0), converted to the atlas unit. Where Wikidata carries several values that differ by more than 2%, the atlas shows none rather than picking one.
- Width
- 550 km
- Measurement held by Wikidata (CC0), converted to the atlas unit. Where Wikidata carries several values that differ by more than 2%, the atlas shows none rather than picking one.
- Named after
- William Baffin
- Measurement held by Wikidata (CC0), converted to the atlas unit. Where Wikidata carries several values that differ by more than 2%, the atlas shows none rather than picking one.
- Coastal countries
- 2 countries
- Sea limits follow Natural Earth's cartographic outlines. A coast is counted where a land border runs within about 2 km of the outline for at least 10 km. Neighboring seas drawn separately (for example the Aegean within the Mediterranean) are not included.
- Wikidata
- Q37040
Among the world's bays
Each line is every one of the bays in this atlas that carries the measurement, ordered smallest to largest. The line down the middle is the median; the mark on each line is this one. Deserts are not ranked against lakes — the comparison is always within the same kind.
- Surface area689,000 km²3rd of 14 · median 15,001 km²
- Maximum depth2,136 m3rd of 16 · median 93 m
- Length1,130 km1st of 10 · median 320 km
- Width550 km3rd of 10 · median 355 km
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