Dease Strait

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Dease Strait
Location of the Dease Strait
Location of the Dease Strait
Connects waters Queen Maud Gulf
with water Coronation Gulf
Separates land mass Kent Peninsula (Mainland Canada)
of land mass Victoria Island
Data
Geographical location 68 ° 50 ′  N , 107 ° 30 ′  W Coordinates: 68 ° 50 ′  N , 107 ° 30 ′  W
Dease Strait (Nunavut)
Dease Strait
length 170 km
Smallest width 18 km
Islands Finlayson Islands

Dease Strait is a strait between the Kent Peninsula on the mainland and Victoria Island to the north , which is part of the Canadian Arctic archipelago . It connects the Queen Maud Gulf in the east with the Coronation Gulf in the west.

At its eastern end, it is only 18 km wide. There is the Cambridge Bay settlement on Victoria Island .