Parry Channel

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Parry Channel
Connects waters Baffin Bay
with water Beaufortsee
Separates land mass Queen Elizabeth Islands
of land mass Southern Islands of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago
Data
Geographical location 74 °  N , 93 °  W Coordinates: 74 °  N , 93 °  W
Map of Parry Channel
length 1000 km
Smallest width 45 km
Coastal towns Resolute Bay

The Parry Channel ( German  "Parry Channel" ) is an approximately 1000 km long strait in the Canadian Arctic . As part of the Northwest Passage, it connects Baffin Bay ( Atlantic Ocean ) in the east with the Beaufort Sea ( Arctic Ocean ) in the west and crosses the Nunavut Territory and the Northwest Territories . From east to west, the Parry Channel is from the Lancaster Sound , the Barrow Strait , the Viscount Melville Sound and theMcClure Strait together. The road separates the Queen Elizabeth Islands in the north from numerous islands of the Canadian-Arctic archipelago in the south. At its narrowest point, between Cornwallis Island and Somerset Island , the Parry Channel is about 45 kilometers wide.

The strait is named after the British admiral and polar explorer William Edward Parry , who discovered many waters and islands in the Arctic while searching for the Northwest Passage.

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