Austin Channel

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Austin Channel
Connects waters Byam Martin Channel
with water Viscount Melville Sound
Separates land mass Byam Martin Island , Melville Island
of land mass Bathurst Island , Alexander Island
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Geographical location 75 ° 26 ′  N , 103 ° 16 ′  W Coordinates: 75 ° 26 ′  N , 103 ° 16 ′  W
Austin Channel (Canada)
Austin Channel
Smallest width 34 km

The Austin Channel (German Austin Canal ) is a strait in the Kitikmeot region of the Nunavut Province in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago . It separates Byam Martin Island and Melville Island in the west from Bathurst Island and the offshore Alexander Island in the east. In the north is the Byam Martin Channel , in the south the Viscount Melville Sound .

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