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Dease Strait

Coordinates: 68°49′59″N 107°30′00″W / 68.83306°N 107.50000°W / 68.83306; -107.50000 (Dease Strait)
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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 101 mi (163 km) long.[1]

References

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

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