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Key facts
- Location
- Between Ellesmere Island (Canada) and Greenland
- Type
- Strait
- Etymology
- George Nares
- Ocean sea sources
- Atlantic Ocean Arctic Ocean
- Basin countries
- Canada, Greenland
- Max length
- 530 km (330 mi)
- Min width
- 35 km (22 mi)
- Max depth
- 600 metres (2,000 ft)
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- Image
- Aerial Picture Of Thule Air Base.jpg
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The Nares Strait (Danish: Nares Strædet; French: Détroit de Nares) is a waterway between Ellesmere Island and Greenland that connects the northern part of Baffin Bay in the Atlantic Ocean with the Lincoln Sea in the Arctic Ocean. From south to north, the strait includes Smith Sound, Kane Basin, Kennedy Channel, Hall Basin and Robeson Channel. Nares Strait has a nearly permanent current from the north, powered by the Beaufort Gyre, making it harder to traverse for ships coming from the south.
Time-lapse imagery from July 9 to Sept. 13 2012 shows an ice island calve from Petermann Glacier and pass through Nares Strait.