page_title: Dobbin Bay
section_title: Exploration
hierarchical_section_title: Dobbin Bay / Exploration
caption_attribution_description: Reproduction ID: B3669-N Maker: George White Date: 14 August 1875
context_page_description: Dobbin Bay is an Arctic waterway in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is located in Nares Strait by eastern Ellesmere Island, south of the Darling Peninsula.
context_section_description: During the British Arctic Expedition of 1875 under George Nares, ancient cairns were found on Washington Irving Island, located in the mouth of the bay.
  The area was also explored by Adolphus Washington Greely during his expedition of 1881–1884.
caption: HMS Alert in Dobbin Bay, 1875
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