Steensby Inlet

Steensby Inlet (coord|70|10|N|78|25|W) [cite web |url=http://www.traveljournals.net/explore/canada/map/m810520/steensby_inlet.html |title=Steensby Inlet |accessdate=2008-10-01 |publisher=traveljournals.net] is a waterway in Nunavut's Qikiqtaaluk Region. It extends northerly from Foxe Basin into centralBaffin Island. There are several un-named islands within the inlet, and Koch Island lies outside of it. The Steensby Inlet Ice Stream arose after the deglaciation of Foxe Basin. [cite journal |url=http://cgrg.geog.uvic.ca/abstracts/DykeTheDeglaciation.html |title=The Steensby Inlet Ice Stream in the context of the deglaciation of Northern Baffin Island, Eastern Arctic Canada |journal=Earth Surface Processes and Landforms |volume=33 |number=4 |accessdate=2008-10-01 |last=Dyke |first=A.S. |coauthors= |date=2008 |work= |publisher=CGRG Bibliography of Canadian Geomorphology]

Mining

Baffinland Iron Mines Corporation is drilling for iron ore in the area. [cite web |url=http://209.85.173.104/search?q=cache:Bwr_z_3tOgEJ:www.baffinland.com/Theme/Baffinland/files/docs_financials/2006-ar.pdf+harder+steensby&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=10&gl=us&client=firefox-a |title=Our 2007 Objectives |pages=p. 12 |accessdate=2008-10-01 |last=McCreary |first=Gordon A. |coauthors= |date=2007-03-28 |work= |publisher=baffinland.com]

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