Editing Frobisher Bay (section)

==Geography==
Frobisher Bay has a tapered shape formed by two flanking [[peninsula]]s, the [[Hall Peninsula]] to the northeast, and the [[Meta Incognita Peninsula]] to the southwest. The Bay's funnel like shape ensures that the [[Tide|tidal]] variance at Iqaluit each day is about {{cvt|7|to|11|m}}. This shape is due to the large [[Glacier morphology#Outlet glaciers|outlet glacier]] centred over [[Foxe Basin]] during the [[Quaternary glaciation]] (Pleistocene), which gouged the Bay's basin, now flooded by the sea.<ref name="CE">[https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/frobisher-bay Frobisher Bay] in [[The Canadian Encyclopedia]]</ref>

Within Frobisher Bay itself are a number of bays, inlets and [[sound (geography)|sound]]s. Among these are Wayne Bay and Ward Inlet (up towards the far northwestern end), and also Newell Sound, Leach Bay and Kneeland Bay (along the southwest shore). Hamlen Bay, Newton Fiord, Royer Cove, and Waddell Bay are located along the northeast shore. Frobisher Bay's whole coastline is marked with innumerable narrow inlets into which flow many small streams. There are high [[cliff]]s on both shores, rising to roughly {{cvt|330|m}} on the northeast shore, and twice that on the southwest shore as a result of the tilting of the [[Crust (geology)|Earth's crust]] locally during the early [[Tertiary]].<ref name="CE"/>

Frobisher Bay is also studded with [[island]]s. These include [[Hill Island]] and [[Faris Island]] near Iqaluit, [[Pugh Island|Pugh]], [[Pike Island (Nunavut)|Pike]], [[Fletcher Island (Nunavut)|Fletcher]] and [[Bruce Island (Nunavut)|Bruce]] islands at the mouth of Wayne Bay, [[Augustus Island]] in Ward Inlet, and [[Chase Island|Chase]], [[McLean Island (Nunavut)|McLean]], [[Gabriel Island|Gabriel]] and [[Nouyarn Island|Nouyarn]] islands towards the Bay's mouth.