Comer Strait

Comer Strait

Comer Strait is a narrow waterway separating the northeastern tip of Southampton Island from the western shore of White Island in Nunavut's Foxe Basin. It is also the western entrance to the Duke of York Bay.[1]

Comer Strait is the namesake of American whaling captain George Comer.[2]

References

  1. ^ Rowley, Graham (1996), Cold Comfort: My Love Affair With the Arctic, McGill-Queen's University Press, pp. 49, ISBN 0773513930, http://books.google.com/?id=2k_ZPx76uPQC&pg=PA49&lpg=PA49&dq=%22Comer+Strait%22+, retrieved 2008-04-04 
  2. ^ Ross, W. Gillies (1984), "George Comer", Arctic Profiles (ucalgary.ca): pp. 294–295, ISBN 0802056180, http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic36-3-294.pdf, retrieved 2008-03-30 

Coordinates: 65°45′00″N 085°04′59″W / 65.75°N 85.08306°W / 65.75; -85.08306 (Comer Strait)



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