Talk:Frobisher Bay

Part of Davis Strait
Frobisher Bay is part of the Davis Strait: The International Hydrographic Organization defines the limits of the Davis Strait as follows: On the North. The Southern limit of Baffin Bay [The parallel of 70° North between Greenland and Baffin Land ]. On the East. The Southwest coast of Greenland. On the South. The parallel of 60° North between Greenland and Labrador. On the West. The Eastern limit of the Northwestern Passages South of 70° North [the East coast of Baffin Island to East Bluff, its Southeastern extremity] and of Hudson Strait [A line from East Bluff, the Southeast extreme of Baffin Island (61.88333°N, -65.95°W), to Point Meridian, the Western extreme of Lower Savage Islands, along the coast to its Southwestern extreme and thence a line across to the Western extreme of Resolution Island, through its Southwestern shore to Hatton Headland, its Southern point, thence a line to Cape Chidley, Labrador (60.4°N, -64.43333°W)].

Is is not part of the Labrador Sea as the limits are defined On the North: the South limit of Davis Strait [The parallel of 60° North between Greenland and Labrador]. On the East: a line from Cape St. Francis 47.75°N, -52.45°W (Newfoundland) to Cape Farewell (Greenland). On the West: the East Coast of Labrador and Newfoundland and the Northeast limit of the Gulf of St. Lawrence – a line running from Cape Bauld (North point of Kirpon Island, 51.66667°N, -55.41667°W) to the East extreme of Belle Isle and on to the Northeast Ledge (52.03333°N, -55.25°W). Thence a line joining this ledge with the East extreme of Cape St. Charles (52°13'N) in Labrador.