Melvillesund
Melvillesund / Melville Sound | ||
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Connects waters | Coronation Gulf , Bathurst Inlet | |
with water | Parry Bay , Warrender Bay , Elu Inlet | |
Separates land mass | Kent Peninsula | |
of land mass | Mainland Canada | |
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Geographical location | 68 ° 10 ′ N , 107 ° 0 ′ W | |
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length | 80 km | |
Smallest width | 4 km |
The Melvillesund ( English Melville Sound ) is a strait of the Coronation Gulf in the Canadian territory of Nunavut . It separates the Kent Peninsula in the north from the North American mainland in the south. Parry Bay is north of Melvillesund, enclosed by the Kent Peninsula . In the east the Melvillesund merges into the Elu Inlet . To the west the strait opens to Bathurst Inlet , a bay of the Coronation Gulf.