Resolute Bay

Resolute Bay is an Arctic waterway in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. Named after the Arctic exploration vessel HMS Resolute,^[3] it is located in Parry Channel^map on the southern side of Cornwallis Island.^map The hamlet of Resolute^map is located on the northern shore of the bay with Resolute Bay Airport^map to the northwest. The Inuit associated with Resolute Bay are called Qausuittuq^[4] and the population of the hamlet in the 2021 census was 183.^[5]

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Resolute Bay
Looking west along the edge of Resolute Bay.
Resolute Bay
Location	Parry Channel
Coordinates	74°41′N 094°50′W[1]
Ocean/sea sources	Arctic Ocean
Basin countries	Canada
Settlements	Resolute

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On the western shore, the Defence Research Telecommunications Establishment (DRTE) and the Communications Research Centre Canada^[6] operated a launch site for sounding rockets.^map Between 1966 and 1971 rockets of the types Black Brant and Boosted Arcas were launched.^[7][8]

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  Orthographic projection centred over Resolute Bay, Nunavut, Canada.
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  Resolute Bay, Nunavut, Canada - Lambert Projection.
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  Resolute Bay: View from Signal Hill to the Inuit-Settlement "Village" and to Resolute Passage (August 1997)
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  Another view over Resolute Bay to the Inuit Settlement "Village" (August 1997)