Lancastersund
Lancastersund - Lancaster Sound | |
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Connects waters |
Prince Regent Inlet and Barrow Strait |
with water | Baffin Bay |
Separates land mass | Devon Island |
of land mass | Baffin Island |
Data | |
Geographical location | 74 ° 15 ′ N , 84 ° 0 ′ W |
Smallest width | 50 km |
The Lancastersund ( English Lancaster Sound ) is a strait about 50 km wide between the Devon Island and the Baffin Island in the Canadian territory of Nunavut .
To the east lies Baffin Bay , to the west the Barrow Strait and to the south the Prince Regent Inlet . The Lancastersund was named after James Lancaster (around 1554-1618) by William Baffin .
The Lancastersund is part of the Northwest Passage , which was cleared up by William Parry in 1819-1820 and Robert McClure in 1850-1853, and was first crossed by Roald Amundsen in 1903-1906 .
The water of the sound is frozen around nine months a year. Lancastersund offers a habitat for many animals; For example, polar bears , snow geese , narwhals , belugas and many sea birds can be found.
Web links
- Canadian Arctic Archipelago: Barrow Strait and Lancaster Sound in Fisheries and Oceans Canada (English)