Coronation Gulf

Coronation Gulf
View of Kugluktuk
Connects waters	Dolphin and Union Strait
with water	Dease Strait
Separates land mass	Mainland North America
of land mass	Victoria Island
Data
Geographical location	68 ° 0 ′  N , 113 ° 0 ′  W Coordinates: 68 ° 0 ′  N , 113 ° 0 ′  W
length	220 km
Smallest width	85 km
Coastal towns	Kugluktuk
Islands	Duke of York Archipelago , Jameson Islands
Coronation Gulf location

The Coronation Gulf (English for "Coronation Gulf") is a body of water between Victoria Island and the mainland coast of the Canadian territory of Nunavut .

Flow into the gulf u. a. the Coppermine River , the Tree River , the Burnside River , the Richardson River, and the Rae River . The Gulf is connected to the Amundsen Gulf in the northwest via Dolphin and Union Strait and to the northeast via Dease Strait with the Queen Maud Gulf . It is part of the Arctic Ocean . The largest islands in the Gulf include the Duke of York Archipelago and the Jameson Islands . To the southwest is Richardson Bay . The Bathurst Inlet is a southern side bay. The settlement of the same name is located there .

The first European to discover the Gulf was Samuel Hearne , who reached the Coronation Gulf at the mouth of the Coppermine River . It was named by Sir John Franklin in 1821, in honor of the coronation of King George IV. The environment and culture of the resident Inuit were considered by Rudolph Anderson (1876–1961) and Diamond Jenness (1886–1969) in 1916 Investigated part of the Canadian Arctic Expedition .

Individual evidence

1. ^ The Canadian Encyclopedia, accessed October 3, 2019