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{{Short description|Waterway between Greenland and Canada}}

The '''Robeson Channel''' is a body of water connecting [[Kennedy Channel]] in south with the [[Arctic Ocean]] to the north. This channel flows between [[Greenland]] and [[Ellesmere Island]].

[[Image:Map indicating Robeson Channel, Nunavut, Canada.png|right|thumb|225px|Robeson Channel, Nunavut, Canada.{{legend|#ffff66|Ellesmere Island, Nunavut}}{{legend|#ffffcc|Greenland}}]]

'''Robeson Channel''' ({{coord|82|00|N|061|30|W|region:CA-NU_type:waterbody_scale:2000000|display=inline,title|name=Robeson Channel}}) is a body of water lying between [[Greenland]] and [[Canada]]'s northernmost island, [[Ellesmere Island]]. It is the most northerly part of [[Nares Strait]], linking [[Hall Basin]] to the south with the [[Arctic Ocean]] to the north. The [[Newman Fjord]] in Greenland has its mouth in the Robeson Channel.

It is about {{convert|50|mi|abbr=on}} in length and between {{convert|11|and|18|mi|abbr=on}} wide. [[Alert, Nunavut|Alert]], the world's most northerly permanently inhabited settlement, lies nearby.

The width of this channels ranges from 11–18 miles (18–29 km) and is about 50 miles (80 km) in length.

It was named during the 1871 [[Polaris Expedition]], for American [[George Robeson]], Secretary of the Navy in the [[Ulysses S. Grant]] administration.

Other bodies of water in the area include:

==Further reading==

* [[Baffin Bay]]

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* [[Arctic Ocean]]

* Chow, R. K. ''Near-Surface Current in Robeson Channel''. Defence Research Establishment Ottawa, 1975.

* Dunbar, Moira, and John E. Keys. ''Robeson Channel Ice Drift and Oceanographic Measurements 1970-1975''. Ottawa: [Defense Research Establishment Ottawa?], 1980.

* Serson, H. V. ''Robeson Channel Experiment Main and Radar Camp-Plans and Operations''. Ottawa: Dept. of National Defence, 1971.

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{{Channels of Nunavut}}

[[Category:Arctic]]

[[Category:Straits of Greenland]]

[[Category:Channels of Qikiqtaaluk Region]]

[[Category:Canada–Greenland border]]

[[Category:International straits]]

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