Kane Basin
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Kane Basin is a broad, ice-covered Arctic waterway between Greenland and Ellesmere Island that forms part of the Nares Strait connecting the Arctic Ocean with Baffin Bay.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Arctic waterway
ⓘ
basin ⓘ sea channel ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Ellesmere Island coast
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Greenland coast ⓘ |
| climate | polar climate ⓘ |
| connects |
Arctic Ocean
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Baffin Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
Canada
ⓘ
Greenland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coveredBy | sea ice ⓘ |
| formsLinkIn | connection between Arctic Ocean and Baffin Bay ⓘ |
| geologicalSetting | rifted margin between Greenland and Ellesmere Island ⓘ |
| governedBy | international Arctic maritime law ⓘ |
| habitatFor |
beluga whales
ⓘ
narwhals ⓘ polar bears ⓘ seals ⓘ walruses ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
pack ice
ⓘ
polynyas (seasonal open-water areas) ⓘ |
| hasNavigationConditions | difficult due to ice cover ⓘ |
| hasNearbyProtectedArea | Northeast Greenland National Park (regional context) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNearbySettlement | Qaanaaq region (on Greenland side) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTidalRegime | microtidal to mesotidal Arctic tides ⓘ |
| iceConditions | largely ice-covered most of the year ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Northwest Passage system (broad Arctic route context) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isSectionOf | marine route between Lincoln Sea and Baffin Bay ⓘ |
| knownFor |
marine mammal habitat
ⓘ
sea ice dynamics ⓘ |
| languageOfToponym | English ⓘ |
| locatedBetween | Greenland and Ellesmere Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Arctic Ocean region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
High Arctic NERFINISHED ⓘ King Frederick VIII Land (Greenland side) NERFINISHED ⓘ Nares Strait NERFINISHED ⓘ North America Arctic region NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Hemisphere ⓘ Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | boundary between Greenland and Canadian Arctic Archipelago ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Elisha Kent Kane NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| oceanographicRegion | Eastern Canadian Arctic–West Greenland current system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Arctic Ocean drainage basin
ⓘ
Canadian Arctic Archipelago marine area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| salinity | salt water ⓘ |
| separates |
Ellesmere Island
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Greenland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor | scientific research ⓘ |
| waterwayType | strait-like basin ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.