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Baffin Basin

Coordinates: 73°15′N 67°0′W / 73.250°N 67.000°W / 73.250; -67.000
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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]

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  1. ^ Nuttall, Mark (2005). Encyclopedia of the Arctic. Routledge. p. 190. ISBN 0-203-99785-9.
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73°15′N 67°0′W / 73.250°N 67.000°W / 73.250; -67.000