McDougall Sound

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McDougall Sound
McDougall Sound in west Cornwallis Island
McDougall Sound in west Cornwallis Island
Connects waters Crozier Strait and Pullen Strait
with water Barrow Strait
Separates land mass Bathurst Island
of land mass Cornwallis Island
Data
Geographical location 75 ° 15 ′  N , 97 ° 30 ′  W Coordinates: 75 ° 15 ′  N , 97 ° 30 ′  W
McDougall Sound (Canada)
McDougall Sound
length 78 km
Smallest width 27 km

The McDougall Sound ( English McDougall Sound ) is the body of water in the Canadian-Arctic archipelago , which separates the islands of Bathurst Island and Cornwallis Island , which are part of the Queen Elizabeth Islands . Within McDougall Sound are several small islands such as Wood Island , Neal Islands, Truro Island and Baker Island . On the south coast of Little Cornwallis Island , it is divided into Pullen Strait and Crozier Strait , in which other islands such as Milne Island are located.

Naming

The sound was named after George F. McDougall (1825–1871), who discovered the sound in 1851 when the Franklin expedition with Horatio Thomas Austin was looking for it .

fauna

The sound is home to bearded seals and walruses .

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