Davis Street

Davis Street
Connects waters	Baffin Bay
with water	Labrador Sea
Separates land mass	Baffin Island
of land mass	Greenland
Data
Geographical location	67 °  N , 58 °  W Coordinates: 67 °  N , 58 °  W
length	700 km
Smallest width	300 km
Coastal towns	Sisimiut , Saqqaq

The Davis Strait ( English Davis Strait , Danish Davisstrædet ) is the strait between the Canadian Baffin Island and Greenland . It connects the Labrador Sea with Baffin Bay . It is 700 km long and 300 km wide, making it one of the widest straits in the world. The largest town on the Davis Strait is Sisimiut , the second largest city in Greenland.

At the end of the fjord Kangerlussuaq, which is more than 170 km long and 1.5 to 8 km wide, navigable along its entire length, the town of the same name and its international airport can be reached.

history

Around the year 1000, Leif Eriksson was the first European to cross it in a westerly direction, whereupon he discovered Vinland . In 1585 it was used for the first time in modern times by the English navigator John Davis . Today it bears his name.

The mouth of the Kangerlussuaq Fjord photographed from the Davis Strait