Eureka Sound
Eureka Sound is a high Arctic waterway in Qikiqtaaluk, Nunavut, Canada. It separates Axel Heiberg Island from Ellesmere Island. Stor Island is located within the sound. Eureka Sound is 290 km long, and 13–48 km wide. Fort Eureka is nearby.
Eureka Sound
- Type: Channel
- Description: body of water
- Categories: strait and body of water
- Location: Nunavut, Northern Canada, Canada, North America
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Latitude
79.00195° or 79° 0′ 7″ north
Longitude
-84.9991° or 84° 59′ 57″ west
Open location code
C6FQ2222+Q9
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Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Swedish—“Eureka Sound” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “estret Eureka”
- Catalan: “Estret Eureka”
- Cebuano: “Eureka Sound”
- Chinese: “尤瑞卡海峽”
- Chinese: “尤里卡灣”
- Dutch: “Eureka Sound”
- French: “Détroit d’Eureka”
- German: “Eureka Sound”
- German: “Eureka Sund”
- German: “Eurekasund”
- German: “Heureka Sund”
- German: “Heurekasund”
- Italian: “Canale Eureka”
- Japanese: “ユーレカ海峡”
- Latvian: “Jūrikas šaurums”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Eureka Sound”
- Spanish: “Eureka Sound”
- Swedish: “Eureka Sound”
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