Kane Basin (waterway)

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Kane Basin, Nunavut, Canada.     Nunavut     Greenland     Northwest Territories
Kane Basin, Nunavut, Canada.     Nunavut     Greenland     Northwest Territories

Kane Basin ( 79°4′59″N, 73°4′59″W) is an Arctic waterway lying between Greenland and Canada's northernmost island, Ellesmere Island. It links Smith Sound to Kennedy Channel and forms part of Nares Strait. It is approximately 180 kilometres in length and 130 km at its widest.

It is named after Elisha Kane, whose expedition in search of the lost Franklin expedition crossed it in 1854.

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