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.
Photo: NASA, Public domain.- Type: Channel
- Description: strait in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago
- Also known as: “Barrow-Straße”, “Barrowstraße”, and “Estrecho de barrow”
Barrow Strait
- Categories: strait and body of water
- Location: Nunavut, Northern Canada, Canada, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
74.40153° or 74° 24′ 6″ north
Longitude
-94.1678° or 94° 10′ 4″ west
Open location code
C667CR2J+JV
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Satellite Map
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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”
- 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”
- Swedish: “Barrow Strait”
- Ukrainian: “Барроу”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Resolute and Dobell Point.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Parry Channel.
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Worth a closer look: Iqaluit and Quttinirpaaq National Park.
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