Amundsen Golf
The Amundsen Gulf ( English Amundsen Gulf ) is a gulf in the Canadian Northwest Territories , located between Banks Island , Victoria Island and the mainland. It is about 400 km long and about 150 km wide up to the Beaufortsee .
The Amundsen Gulf was explored between 1903 and 1906 by the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen . The gulf is located at the western end of the famous Northwest Passage , a route from the Atlantic to the Pacific .
Few people live on the shores of the Gulf, but there are a few towns and cities, including Sachs Harbor , Ulukhaktok, and Paulatuk .
Coordinates: 71 ° 0 ′ 0 ″ N , 124 ° 0 ′ 0 ″ W.