Nansen Sound

Nansen Sound
Nansen Sound
Nansen Sound is located in Nunavut
Nansen Sound
Nansen Sound
Location within Nunavut
Coordinates80°21′N 086°51′W / 80.350°N 86.850°W / 80.350; -86.850 (Nansen Sound)
Basin countriesCanada
SettlementsUninhabited

Nansen Sound is an uninhabited strait in Qikiqtaaluk, Nunavut, Canada. It lies between western Grant Land on Ellesmere Island and Axel Heiberg Island. Tanquary Fiord or Greely Fiord enters the sound from the east.

Notes

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

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