Pullen Strait

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Pullen Strait
Connects waters Queens Channel
with water McDougall Sound
Separates land mass Cornwallis Island
of land mass Little Cornwallis Island
Data
Geographical location 75 ° 30 ′  N , 96 ° 0 ′  W Coordinates: 75 ° 30 ′  N , 96 ° 0 ′  W
Pullen Strait (Nunavut)
Pullen Strait
length 18 km
Smallest width 4 km

The Pullen Strait is a strait in Nunavut ( Canada ), the leading to the Queen Elizabeth Islands (part of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago- ) islands belonging Cornwallis Iceland and Little Cornwallis Iceland severed. The 18 km long and 4 km wide strait connects McDougall Sound in the south with the Queens Channel in the north.

The strait is named after the Canadian admiral William Pullen (1813-1887).

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Richard C. Davis: lobsticks and Stone Cairns: Human landmarks in the Arctic. University of Calgary Press, 1996. ISBN 978-1895176698 . P. 206