Kennedy Channel

Kennedy Channel is an Arctic sea passage between and 's most northerly island, . It was named by Elisha Kane around 1854 during his second Arctic voyage in search of the lost Franklin expedition.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Channel
  • Description: part of Nares Strait between Canada and Greenland
  • Also known as: “Estrecho de Kennedy”, “Kennedy Kanalen”, “Kennedy-Passage”, and “Kennedynsalmi”

Kennedy Channel

Latitude
80.91895° or 80° 55′ 8″ north
Longitude
-66.13928° or 66° 8′ 21″ west
Open location code
C7GMWV96+H7
Geo­Names ID
5990863
Wiki­data ID
Q908591
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Kennedy Channel” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “قناة كينيدي”
  • Azerbaijani: “Kennedi boğazı”
  • Belarusian: “Праліў Кенэдзі”
  • Bulgarian: “Кенеди (проток)”
  • Bulgarian: “Кенеди”
  • Catalan: “Canal de Kennedy”
  • Cebuano: “Kennedy Channel”
  • Chinese: “甘迺迪海峽”
  • Chinese: “肯尼迪海峡”
  • Chinese: “肯尼迪海峽”
  • Czech: “Kennedyho průliv”
  • Danish: “Kennedykanalen”
  • Dutch: “Straat Kennedy”
  • Esperanto: “Kanalo Kennedy”
  • Estonian: “Kennedy väin”
  • Finnish: “Kennedyn kanaali”
  • French: “passage Kennedy”
  • French: “Passage Kennedy”
  • German: “Kennedy-Kanal”
  • Hebrew: “תעלת קנדי”
  • Italian: “Canale Kennedy”
  • Japanese: “ケネディー海峡”
  • Korean: “케네디 해협”
  • Latvian: “Kenedija šaurums”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kennedykanalen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kennedykanalen”
  • Norwegian: “Kennedykanalen”
  • Polish: “Cieśnina Kennedy’ego”
  • Portuguese: “Canal de Kennedy”
  • Portuguese: “Canal Kannedy”
  • Russian: “Пролив Кеннеди”
  • Slovenian: “Kennedy Channel”
  • Spanish: “Canal Kennedy”
  • Swedish: “Kennedykanalen”
  • Turkish: “Kennedy Kanalı”
  • Ukrainian: “Протока Кеннеді”
  • Vietnamese: “Eo biển Kennedy”
  • Yue Chinese: “甘迺迪海峽”

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