Davis Strait

Strait lying between Canada and Greenland

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Davis Strait is a body of water between Canada and Greenland that connects the Labrador Sea to Baffin Bay. It serves as an important shipping route and marine passage in the Arctic region.

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Instance of: strait
Part of: Canadian Arctic Archipelago
Has part: Hudson Strait
Named after: John Davis
Country: Greenland
Located in: Nunavut
Body of water: Arctic Ocean
Image: 0201bay.jpg
Width: 338
Length: 1143
Connects with: Baffin Bay

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described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia
Commons category: Davis Strait
topic's main category: Category:Davis Strait
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
native label: Davis Strait
ecoregion (WWF): Arctic

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Davis Strait, lying between Greenland and Baffin Island in Nunavut, Canada Nunavut Quebec Newfoundland and Labrador Regions outside Canada (Greenland, Iceland)

Davis Strait (Danish: Davisstrædet; Inuktitut: ᕿᑭᖅᑖᓘᑉ ᐃᑭᖓ Qikiqtaaluup Ikinga) is a southern arm of the Arctic Ocean that lies north of the Labrador Sea. It lies between mid-western Greenland and Baffin Island in Nunavut, Canada. To the north is Baffin Bay. The strait was named for English explorer John Davis (1550–1605), who sailed the area while seeking a route through the Northwest Passage, and by the 1650s it was used for whale hunting.

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