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Hudson Bay 2008-07-21 by Aqua
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Henry Hudson's ship, Discovery, became trapped in the ice over the winter of 1610.

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Hudson Bay

Canada

Area
1.23M km²
Location
Canada
14th largest ocean in the world

Hudson Bay, sometimes called Hudson's Bay, is a large body of saltwater in northeastern Canada with a surface area of 1,230,000 km2 (470,000 sq mi). It is located north of Ontario, west of Quebec, northeast of Manitoba, and southeast of Nunavut, but politically entirely part of Nunavut.

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