Robeson Channel: Difference between revisions

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[[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|000|N|61061|30|W|region:CA-NU_type:waterbody|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 [[Kennedy Channel]] to the south with the [[Arctic Ocean]] to the north.

It is about {{convert|50 [[mile]]s (80 km)|mi|abbr=on}} in length and between {{convert|11 |to |18 miles (18 to 29 km)|mi|abbr=on}} wide. [[Alert, Nunavut|Alert]], the world's most northerly permanently-inhabited settlement, lies nearby.

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

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[[Category:Straits of Greenland]]

[[Category:Channels of Qikiqtaaluk Region]]

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