Kane Basin

Kane Basin is an Arctic waterway lying between and , Canada's northernmost. It links to and forms part of .
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Kane Basin

Latitude
79.5° or 79° 30′ north
Longitude
-69° or 69° west
Open location code
C7FHG222+22
Open­Street­Map ID
node 305639486
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­strait
Geo­Names ID
3831549
Wiki­data ID
Q1510928
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Kane Basin” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: حوض كين
  • Bavarian: Kane Basin
  • Belarusian: Басейн Кейна
  • Belarusian: Заліў Кейна
  • Bulgarian: Басейн Кейн
  • Catalan: conca de Kane
  • Catalan: Conca de Kane
  • Catalan: Conca Kane
  • Catalan: Kane Basin
  • Cebuano: Kane Basin
  • Chechen: Кейнан бассейн
  • Chinese: 凯恩湾
  • Chinese: 凱恩灣
  • Danish: Kane Bassin
  • Dutch: Kane Basin
  • Egyptian Arabic: حوض كين
  • Estonian: Kane’i laht
  • Finnish: Kane Basin
  • Finnish: Kanen allas
  • French: bassin Kane
  • French: Bassin Kane
  • German: Kane Basin
  • German: Kane-Becken
  • Hebrew: אגן קיין
  • Hebrew: באסין קיין
  • Indonesian: Cekungan Kane
  • Italian: Baia di Kane
  • Italian: Kane Basin
  • Japanese: ケーン海盆
  • Japanese: ケイン湾
  • Latvian: Keina baseins
  • Polish: Basen Kane’a
  • Portuguese: Bacia de Kane
  • Russian: Бассейн Кейна
  • Russian: Залив Кейна
  • Russian: Кейн-Бейсин
  • Slovenian: Kane Basin
  • Slovenian: Kaneova kotlina
  • Spanish: Cuenca Kane
  • Swedish: Kane Basin
  • Ukrainian: Басейн Кейна
  • Venetian: Conca Kane
  • Vietnamese: bồn địa Kane
  • Vietnamese: lòng chảo Kane
  • Vietnamese: lưu vực Kane

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