Robeson Channel (82°0′N 61°30′W / 82.000°N 61.500°W) is a body of water lying between Greenland and Canada's most northerly 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.
Ellesmere Island, Nunavut
Greenland
It is about 50 miles (80 km) in length and between 11 to 18 miles (18 to 29 km) wide. Alert, the world's most northerly permanently-inhabited settlement, lies nearby.
Further reading
- 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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