Davis Strait

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marine waterbody strait

Davis Strait is a broad, icy strait between Greenland and Canada that serves as a key marine passage linking the Arctic and North Atlantic Oceans.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Davis Strait canonical 17
Davis Strait region 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf marine waterbody ⓘ
strait ⓘ
adjacentTo Baffin Bay ⓘ
Labrador Sea ⓘ
borderedBy Baffin Island ⓘ
Greenland ⓘ
Nunavut ⓘ
climateCharacteristic icy waters ⓘ
sea ice cover in winter ⓘ
connectsTo Arctic Ocean ⓘ
Baffin Bay ⓘ
Labrador Sea ⓘ
Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
countryOnShore Canada ⓘ
Greenland ⓘ
exploredBy John Davis ⓘ
hasApproximateArea 340000 square miles ⓘ
880000 square kilometres ⓘ
hasApproximateMaximumDepth 1000 metres ⓘ
3300 feet ⓘ
hasApproximateWidth 400 miles ⓘ
640 kilometres ⓘ
hasCurrent Labrador Current ⓘ
West Greenland Current ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity fishing ⓘ
hydrocarbon exploration ⓘ
shipping ⓘ
hasSeaIceSeason winter ⓘ
isImportantFor Arctic shipping routes ⓘ
climate and ocean circulation studies ⓘ
isPartOf Northwest Passage ⓘ
surface form: Northwest Passage system
locatedBetween Baffin Bay ⓘ
Labrador Sea ⓘ
locatedIn Arctic region ⓘ
North Atlantic area ⓘ
surface form: North Atlantic region
marineLife polar bears ⓘ
seabirds ⓘ
seals ⓘ
whales ⓘ
namedAfter John Davis ⓘ
namedFor English explorer John Davis ⓘ
oceanographicRole gateway between Arctic and North Atlantic Oceans ⓘ
important route for Arctic water exiting to the North Atlantic ⓘ
important route for Atlantic water entering the Arctic ⓘ
pathway for water mass exchange ⓘ
partOf Arctic Ocean ⓘ
region between mid-western Greenland and Baffin Island ⓘ
separates Baffin Island ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
Greenland ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Arctic Ocean → connectedBy → Davis Strait ⓘ
Northwest Passage → hasStartPoint → Davis Strait ⓘ
Baffin Bay → connectedTo → Davis Strait ⓘ
Baffin Bay → hasOutflow → Davis Strait ⓘ
Labrador Sea → connectedTo → Davis Strait ⓘ
Baffin Island → coastlineOn → Davis Strait ⓘ
Baffin Island → separatedFromGreenlandBy → Davis Strait ⓘ
William Baffin → exploredRegion → Davis Strait ⓘ
Qikiqtaaluk Region → hasCoastlineOn → Davis Strait ⓘ
John Davis → exploredRegion → Davis Strait ⓘ
John Davis → hasNamesake → Davis Strait ⓘ
English explorer John Davis → explored → Davis Strait ⓘ
subject surface form: John Davis
English explorer John Davis → hasNamedAfter → Davis Strait ⓘ
subject surface form: John Davis
Newfoundland and Labrador–Nunavut border → locatedIn → Davis Strait ⓘ
Atlantic Ocean (via Sheepshead Bay inlet) → connectedTo → Davis Strait ⓘ
subject surface form: Atlantic Ocean
Greenland Ice Sheet (North American sector) → borderedBy → Davis Strait ⓘ
Nuup Kangerlua → partOf → Davis Strait ⓘ
this entity surface form: Davis Strait region
Nuup Kangerlua → opensInto → Davis Strait ⓘ