Lancaster Sound

Lancaster Sound is a body of water in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, , Canada. It is located between and , forming the eastern entrance to the Parry Channel and the Northwest Passage.
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  • Channel
  • Description: Strait in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago
  • Also known as
    “Tallurutiup Imanga”
    “ᑕᓪᓗᕈᑎᐅᑉ ᐃᒪᖓ”

Lancaster Sound

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Latitude
74.21822° or 74° 13′ 6″ north
Longitude
-83.9992° or 83° 59′ 57″ west
Open location code
C66R6292+78
Geo­Names ID
6049154
Wiki­data ID
Q1285117

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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Ukrainian—“Lancaster Sound” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: “Lankaster boğazı”
  • Basque: “Lancaster itsasartea”
  • Bulgarian: “Ланкастър (проток)”
  • Bulgarian: “Ланкастър”
  • Catalan: “estret de Lancaster”
  • Catalan: “Estret de Lancaster”
  • Cebuano: “Lancaster Sound (agianan sa Canada)”
  • Cebuano: “Lancaster Sound”
  • Chinese: “兰开斯特海峡”
  • Czech: “Lancasterský průliv”
  • Danish: “Lancaster Sund”
  • Dutch: “Lancaster Sound”
  • Dutch: “Lancaster Zeestraat”
  • Dutch: “Lancasterzeestraat”
  • Esperanto: “Markolo de Lankastro”
  • Estonian: “Lancasteri väin”
  • Finnish: “Lancasterinsalmi”
  • French: “détroit de Lancaster”
  • French: “Détroit de Lancaster”
  • French: “Tallurutiup Imanga”
  • French: “ᑕᓪᓗᕈᑎᐅᑉ ᐃᒪᖓ”
  • German: “Lancaster Sound”
  • German: “Lancastersund”
  • German: “Tallurutiup Imanga”
  • German: “ᑕᓪᓗᕈᑎᐅᑉ ᐃᒪᖓ”
  • Hebrew: “לנקסטר סאונד”
  • Indonesian: “Selat Lancaster”
  • Inuktitut: “ᑕᓪᓗᕈᑎᐅᑉ ᐃᒪᖓ”
  • Italian: “Stretto di Lancaster”
  • Japanese: “ランカスター海峡”
  • Korean: “랭커스터 해협”
  • Latvian: “Lankastera šaurums”
  • Literary Chinese: “蘭開斯特海峽”
  • Malayalam: “ലാൻകാസ്റ്റർ സൗണ്ട്”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Lancastersundet”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lancastersundet”
  • Norwegian: “Lancastersundet”
  • Polish: “Cieśnina Lancastera”
  • Portuguese: “Estreito de Lancaster”
  • Russian: “Ланкастер”
  • Slovak: “Lancasterský prieliv”
  • Spanish: “Estrecho de Lancaster”
  • Swedish: “Lancastersundet”
  • Ukrainian: “Ланкастер”

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