Nansen Sound

Nansen Sound
Nansen Sound
Nansen Sound - Nansen Sound
Nansen Sound
Coordinates 80°21′N 086°51′W / 80.35°N 86.85°W / 80.35; -86.85 (Nansen Sound)Coordinates: 80°21′N 086°51′W / 80.35°N 86.85°W / 80.35; -86.85 (Nansen Sound)
Countries Canada
Settlements Uninhabited


Nansen Sound is an uninhabited strait in Qikiqtaaluk, Nunavut, Canada. It lies between western Grant Land on Ellesmere Island and Axel Heiberg Island.[1] To the east it enters Greely Fiord.

Notes

  1. ^ Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary, Third Edition, p. 789.

References

  • Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary, Third Edition. Springfield, Massachusetts: Merriam-Webster, Incorporated, 1997. ISBN -0-87779-5460-0.



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