Okse Bay

Summary

Okse Bay is an Arctic waterway in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is located in Norwegian Bay by southwestern Ellesmere Island, east of Buckingham Island.

Okse Bay
Okse Bay is located in Nunavut
Okse Bay
Okse Bay
LocationNorwegian Bay
Coordinates77°7′6″N 87°29′59″W / 77.11833°N 87.49972°W / 77.11833; -87.49972 (Okse Bay)
Basin countriesCanada
SettlementsUninhabited

Geology edit

The thick series of strata at Okse Bay, characterized by sandstones, mudstones, and shale, are referred to as the Okse Bay Formation.[1]

References edit

  1. ^ "Memoir". 320. Geological Survey of Canada. 1963. p. 63. Retrieved 2009-06-11.

Further reading edit

  • Rice, R. J. (1988). The sedimentology and petrology of the Okse Bay group, Middle and Upper Devonian, on S.W. Ellesmere Island and North Kent Island in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Ottawa: National Library of Canada.