Melvillesund

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Melvillesund / Melville Sound
Connects waters Coronation Gulf , Bathurst Inlet
with water Parry Bay , Warrender Bay , Elu Inlet
Separates land mass Kent Peninsula
of land mass Mainland Canada
Data
Geographical location 68 ° 10 ′  N , 107 ° 0 ′  W Coordinates: 68 ° 10 ′  N , 107 ° 0 ′  W
Melvillesund (Nunavut)
Melvillesund
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.