Explore Arctic Bay, Nunavut, Canada, with this interactive street and satellite map. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above the map to switch views. You can “grab” the map and drag it to re-centre it, or use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out to street-level detail.
This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the Canada Base Map with Toporama contours — plus shaded relief, a labelled UTM grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below. You will find live weather, local and world news further down the page.
Imagery © Google · for orientation only, not for navigation
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Arctic Bay, Nunavut. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen for a larger view. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key on your keyboard, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
Drag the map to pan to any area of Nunavut or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Arctic Bay and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.
TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the Canada Base Map from Natural Resources Canada with Toporama contours layered over it — the CanVec topographic data behind the printed NTS sheets, and the mapping used for hiking, hunting, canoe routes and back-country travel. Relief shows shaded relief and hypsometric tints. The search box finds any Canadian town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Arctic Bay.
Reading the map like a paper NTS sheet. Click Grid to overlay the UTM grid, labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass — which matters in Canada, where declination runs from about 20 degrees west in Newfoundland to 20 degrees east in the Yukon.
Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a UTM/MGRS grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — the grid reference being what Canadian search and rescue work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.
Map search is available for a limited number of queries per session to manage costs. Be specific — search precisely for best results.
| Place | Arctic Bay |
| Type | Hamlet |
| Province / Territory | Nunavut (NU) |
| Location | |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 73.033333 |
| Longitude | -85.166667 |
| Population | 994 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | X0B |
| Area Code | 867 |
| Importance | Large city |
| CGN ID | OABBP |
Arctic Bay is a hamlet in Nunavut, Canada. It is classified as a large city. Arctic Bay is located at 73.0333°N, 85.1667°W.
Arctic Bay rests upon the stark, resolute edge of the Arctic coast, where the land meets the sea in a long, quiet conversation of ice and stone. It lies 20.0 km west of Nanisivik, NU (from Nanisivik, NU: bearing 270°T), and is situated 238.8 km west-north-west of Pond Inlet. The terrain surrounding Arctic Bay is defined by its dramatic, sheer cliffs and the persistent, crystalline quality of the northern light that lingers long into the evening. Inland from the salt-sprayed shoreline, the landscape opens into a rugged expanse where Marcil Lake lies about 8 km away, its surface often holding the stillness of a mirror under the wide, pale sky. The air here carries a crisp, mineral sharpness, a reminder of the vast, frozen distances that define the horizon and the way the earth holds its breath through the cycle of the seasons. Historical accounts of Arctic Bay often point to its significance as a site of long-standing Inuit occupation, where families thrived through a deep knowledge of the seasonal migrations of marine life and the shifting character of the sea ice. The local economy maintains a connection to these traditional practices, with hunting and fishing providing both sustenance and a way of life that persists alongside modern administrative and service roles. Commerce in Arctic Bay reflects the necessity of self-reliance, with residents navigating the challenges of a remote northern climate by drawing on a heritage of ingenuity. The steady, purposeful movement of people through the day carries the weight of generations who learned to read the weather and the currents as fluently as one might read a book. Cultural expression in Arctic Bay finds its voice in the preservation of Inuktitut and the passing down of stories that explain the stars, the animals, and the endurance of those who call this coast home. Traditions often center on the communal sharing of harvests, a practice that reinforces the bonds between neighbors when the winter darkness deepens and the cold becomes a physical presence. While Arctic Bay does not host large universities or centers of institutional fame, the settlement functions as a hub of personal resilience and quiet creativity. Life here moves with a deliberate intensity, marked by the arrival of the supply sealift in the summer months and the collective anticipation of the light’s slow, magnificent return to the hills.
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Explore Arctic Bay, Nunavut, Canada, with an embedded street and satellite map — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 73.033333, -85.166667. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts — including hourly outlooks — are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.
Detailed location data for Arctic Bay includes the postal code (X0B), telephone area code (867). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any Canadian city or town.
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any Canadian town, county or landmark by name; offers the Canada Base Map with Toporama contours and shaded relief as base layers; overlays a labelled UTM grid so the map can be read like a printed NTS sheet; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a UTM/MGRS grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data for Arctic Bay is sourced from the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGN), Natural Resources Canada, and verified by coordinates rather than name matching alone. GPS coordinates, province, administrative location and place type are shown in the information panel above.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGN), Natural Resources Canada |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; Canada Base Map, Toporama and CBME © Natural Resources Canada (Open Government Licence — Canada); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |