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Nansen Sound

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.

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Nansen Sound
Nansen Sound
Nansen Sound
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.1 Tanquary Fiord or Greely Fiord enters the sound from the east.

Notes

Notes

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

References

  • Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary, Third Edition. Springfield, Massachusetts: Merriam-Webster, Incorporated, 1997. ISBN 0-87779-546-0.