The
International Hydrographic Organization defines the limits of the Davis Strait as follows:
On the North. The Southern limit of
Baffin Bay [The parallel of
70° North between
Greenland and
Baffin Land].
On the East. The Southwest coast of Greenland.
On the South. The parallel of
60° North between Greenland and
Labrador.
On the West. The Eastern limit of the
Northwestern Passages South of 70° North [the East coast of Baffin Island to East Bluff, its Southeastern extremity] and of
Hudson Strait [A line from East Bluff, the Southeast extreme of Baffin Island (), to Point Meridian, the Western extreme of
Lower Savage Islands, along the coast to its Southwestern extreme and thence a line across to the Western extreme of
Resolution Island, through its Southwestern shore to Hatton Headland, its Southern point, thence a line to
Cape Chidley,
Labrador ()]. ==Geology==