Dease Strait

Dease Strait
Dease Strait, Nunavut, Canada.
  Nunavut
  Northwest Territories

Dease Strait is an east-west waterway between the mainland's Kent Peninsula and Victoria Island in Nunavut, Canada. At its eastern end, approximately 12 mi (19 km) wide, is Cambridge Bay; to the west it widens to approximately 38 mi (61 km) and becomes Coronation Gulf. The strait is 100 mi (160 km) long.[1]

References

  1. ^ Pharand, D.; Legault, L.H. (1984). The Northwest Passage: Arctic Straits. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. p. 14. ISBN 9024729793. http://books.google.com/books?id=bYMpwN0COjAC&pg=PA14&lpg=PA14&dq=%22dease+strait%22&source=bl&ots=cPZEjvxHSv&sig=swS4S0bxGh_I4h8kyfegmNggVsE&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=3&ct=result. 

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Coordinates: 68°49′59″N 107°30′00″W / 68.83306°N 107.5°W / 68.83306; -107.5 (Dease Strait)



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