Dease Strait

Not to be confused with Dease Creek or Dease River.

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

↑ Pharand, D.; Legault, L.H. (1984). The Northwest Passage: Arctic Straits. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. p. 14. ISBN 90-247-2979-3.

External links

Photo, 2002, Dease Strait freezing over

Coordinates: 68°49′59″N 107°30′00″W / 68.83306°N 107.50000°W / 68.83306; -107.50000 (Dease Strait)

Straits of Nunavut

Kitikmeot Region	Alexandra Bellot Dease Dolphin and Union Franklin James Ross Rae Simpson Victoria Wellington

Kivalliq Region	Comer Evans Fisher Frozen

Qikiqtaaluk Region	Arnott Barrow Bellot Boyer Cardigan Crozier Danish Davis Desbarats Fury and Hecla Glacier Hall Hazen Hendriksen Hoppner Hudson Lady Ann Maclean Nares Pearse Penny Pullen Rice Sir William Parker Wilkins

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