Simpson Strait

Simpson Strait / Quukilruq
Connects waters	Queen Maud Gulf
with water	Rasmussen Basin
Separates land mass	King William Island
of land mass	Adelaide Peninsula (mainland North America)
Data
Geographical location	68 ° 29 ′  N , 97 ° 10 ′  W Coordinates: 68 ° 29 ′  N , 97 ° 10 ′  W
length	80 km
Smallest width	3.5 km

The Simpson Strait ( Inuktitut Quukilruq ) is a shallow strait that separates King William Island in the north from the Adelaide Peninsula , which is part of the mainland of the Canadian territory of Nunavut , in the south. The strait connects the Queen Maud Gulf and the associated Storis Passage in the west with the Rasmussen Basin in the east. The Simpson Strait has a length of 80 km. Their width varies between 3.5 and 20 km.

There are several small islands within the Strait: Albert, Beaver, Boulder, Castor, Chens, Club, Comb, Denille, Dolphin, Eta, Hook, Kilwinning, Pollux, Ristvedt, Saatuq, Sarvaq and Taupe.

history

George Back reached Simpson Strait in 1834. However, he did not name it.

In 1836 the Hudson's Bay Company commissioned Thomas Simpson and Peter Warren Dease to complete the exploration and mapping of the north coast of North America. These reached the Simpson Strait in 1839 and gave it its current name.

Roald Amundsen sailed the strait in 1903 during his first successful Northwest Passage .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Darren Keith: Inuit Qaujimaningit Nanurnut Inuit Knowledge of Polar Bears (PDF; 7.0 MB). Gjoa Haven Hunters 'and Trappers' Organization and CCI Press, 2005, Appendix 5.
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Adolphus W. Greely : Handbook of Arctic discoveries (= Columbian Knowledge Series. No. 3). Roberts Brothers, Boston MA 1896 ( 3rd edition, 1906 ).
3. ↑ Northwest Passage via Simpson Strait, quarkexpeditions.com ( Memento of the original from March 17, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.