Wynniatt Bay

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Wynniatt Bay
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Wynniatt Bay
Location in the Northwest Territories
LocationEastern Victoria Island
Coordinates 72°45′02″N110°00′07″W / 72.75056°N 110.00194°W / 72.75056; -110.00194 (Wynniatt Bay) [1]
Ocean/sea sources Arctic Ocean
Basin  countriesCanada
SettlementsUninhabited

Wynniatt Bay is an Arctic waterway and large inlet on the north side of Victoria Island, Canada, between the Richard Collinson Inlet and Hadley Bay. Most of the bay is in the Northwest Territories, but its eastern extremities (east of the 110th meridian west) are in the Kitikmeot Region of Nunavut. The bay opens into Viscount Melville Sound to the north.


  1. "Wynniatt Bay". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada.

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