Barrow Strait

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Barrow Strait is a navigable Arctic waterway in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago that forms part of the Northwest Passage between major islands such as Devon and Cornwallis.

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Label Occurrences
Barrow Strait canonical 6

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Arctic waterway
strait
belongsTo Qikiqtaaluk Region ONNED1
bodyOfWater Arctic Ocean
connectsTo Lancaster Sound
Peel Sound NERFINISHED
Viscount Melville Sound
country Canada
hasClimate polar climate
hasEcologicalSignificance marine wildlife habitat
hasFeature pack ice
strong currents
hasNavigationCondition ice-choked in winter
hasSeaIce seasonal
historicalUse route for Arctic exploration
locatedIn Arctic Archipelago
surface form: Canadian Arctic Archipelago

Nunavut
locatedNorthOf Somerset Island NERFINISHED
locatedSouthOf Cornwallis Island NERFINISHED
Devon Island NERFINISHED
namedAfter John Barrow
navigable true
partOf Northwest Passage
region High Arctic
separates Cornwallis Island NERFINISHED
Devon Island NERFINISHED
Somerset Island NERFINISHED
usedFor Arctic shipping route
Northwest Passage
surface form: Northwest Passage navigation
waterwayType marine channel

Referenced by (6)

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Lancaster Sound connectsTo Barrow Strait
Lancaster Sound westernContinuation Barrow Strait
Beechey Island locatedIn Barrow Strait
Peel Sound northConnection Barrow Strait
Peel Sound locatedSouthOf Barrow Strait
Wellington Channel isNorthOf Barrow Strait