McDougall Sound

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McDougall Sound
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
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 .

Web links

• McDougall Sound at Natural Resources Canada