Baffin Basin

The Baffin Basin is an oceanic basin located in the middle of Baffin Bay between Baffin Island and Greenland. With a maximum depth of over 2,700 m (8,900 ft), the basin represents the deepest point of Baffin Bay. The basin formed as a result of seafloor spreading at the time of the opening of Baffin Bay around 56 million years ago.[1]

Baffin Basin

References
  1. Nuttall, Mark (2005). Encyclopedia of the Arctic. Routledge. p. 190. ISBN 0-203-99785-9.

73°15′N 67°0′W

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