Nares street

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Nares street
Connects waters Baffin Bay
with water Lincoln lake
Separates land mass Ellesmere Island
of land mass Greenland
Data
Geographical location 80 ° 10 ′  N , 68 ° 55 ′  W Coordinates: 80 ° 10 ′  N , 68 ° 55 ′  W
Map of Nares Street
length 450 km
Smallest width 24 km
Coastal towns Etah
Islands Pim Island , Franklin Island , Crozier Island , Hans Island
Kennedy Canal - middle section of Nares Street
Kennedy Canal - middle section of Nares Street

The Nares Strait ( Danish Nares Strædet , English Nares Strait ) is a waterway between Ellesmere Island (the northernmost part of Nunavut , Canada ) and Greenland . It connects Baffin Bay , a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean , with the Lincoln Sea in the Arctic Ocean .

geography

From south to north, the road consists of Smithsund , Kane Basin , Kennedy Canal , Hall Basin, and Robeson Canal . The largest islands in the waterway are Pim Island in Smithsund and Franklin Island in the Kennedy Channel. Little Hans Island is claimed by both Denmark and Canada .

Pack ice and strong currents from the Arctic into the Atlantic Ocean make the strait and neighboring waters risky for shipping. In August, however, it is open to icebreakers . Before 1948, only five ships were registered that had successfully navigated the road.

Surname

Denmark and Canada officially recognized the name of the road after the British navigator , admiral and polar explorer George Nares in 1964 . Nares was the first to travel the full length of the road on an expedition in 1875 and 1876, refuting the theory of the ice-free Arctic Ocean .

literature

  • William James Mills: Exploring Polar Frontiers - A Historical Encyclopedia . tape 2 . ABC-CLIO, 2003, ISBN 1-57607-422-6 , pp. 449 f . (English, limited preview in Google Book Search).