Austin Channel
Austin Channel | ||
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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 | |
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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 .
Web links
- Austin Channel. www.nrcan.gc.ca, accessed on September 22, 2015 (English).