Hall cymbals

Hall Basin Hall Basin
Connects waters	Kennedy Canal
with water	Robeson Canal
Separates land mass	Ellesmere Island
of land mass	Greenland
Data
Geographical location	81 ° 26 ′  N , 63 ° 36 ′  W Coordinates: 81 ° 26 ′  N , 63 ° 36 ′  W
length	80 km
Smallest width	45 km
Islands	Joe Island , Offley Island , Miller Island , Bellot Island

The Hall Basin ( english Hall Basin ) is a wide spot in the Nares Strait . Geographically, it represents the midpoint between the Kennedy Canal and the Robeson Canal between the Canadian Ellesmere Island and northwest Greenland .

The strait is around 30 to 65 kilometers wide and around 80 kilometers long. In the east, the Petermann Glacier extends down to the Strait of the Sea. In front of the glacier are the two islands Joe Island and Offley Island . In the west is Lady Franklin Bay with the two islands Miller Island and Bellot Island .

The Hall Basin is named after the US polar explorer Charles Francis Hall .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Peter R. Dawes, Tapani Tukiainen: Hans Ø, celebrated island of Nares Strait between Greenland and Canada: from dog-sledge to satellite mapping. (PDF; 1.42 MB) In: Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Bulletin No. 15. Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, 2008, pp. 77-80 , accessed on June 30, 2015 (English).