Lancastersund

Lancastersund - Lancaster Sound
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 Coordinates: 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)