Barrow Strait
Barrow Strait is a shipping waterway in Northern Canada's territory of Nunavut. Forming part of the Parry Channel, the strait separates several large islands including Cornwallis Island and Devon Island to the north, from Prince of Wales Island, Somerset Island, and Prince Leopold Island to the south.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Barrow Strait
- Type: Channel
- Description: strait in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago
- Categories: strait and body of water
- Location: Nunavut, Northern Canada, Canada, North America
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Satellite Map
Discover Barrow Strait from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Ukrainian—“Barrow Strait” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Barrou boğazı”
- Bulgarian: “Бароу (проток)”
- Bulgarian: “Бароу”
- Catalan: “estret de Barrow”
- Catalan: “Estret de Barrow”
- Cebuano: “Barrow Strait”
- Chinese: “巴羅海峽”
- Dutch: “Straat Barrow”
- French: “détroit de Barrow”
- French: “Détroit de Barrow”
- German: “Barrow Strait”
- German: “Barrow-Straße”
- German: “Barrowstraße”
- Hebrew: “מצר בארו”
- Japanese: “バロー海峡”
- Latvian: “Barova šaurums”
- Latvian: “Barrova šaurums”
- Malayalam: “ബാരോ കടലിടുക്ക്”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Barrowstredet”
- Polish: “Cieśnina Barrowa”
- Portuguese: “Estreito de Barrow”
- Russian: “Барроу”
- Slovak: “Barrowov prieliv”
- Spanish: “Estrecho de barrow”
- Spanish: “Estrecho de Barrow”
- Swedish: “Barrow Strait”
- Ukrainian: “Барроу”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Parry Channel.
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