McClure Strait

The M'Clure Strait is a strait on the edge of the . It forms the northwestern end of the Parry Channel which extends east all the way to Baffin Bay and is thus a possible route for the Northwest Passage.
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Photo: NASA, Public domain.
  • Type: Strait
  • Description: Strait in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago
  • Also known as: “M’Clure Strait” and “Mac Clurov prieliv”

McClure Strait

Latitude
74.7° or 74° 42′ north
Longitude
-117° or 117° west
Open location code
C565M2X2+X2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4789837987
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­strait
Geo­Names ID
6070741
Wiki­data ID
Q1135336
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Satellite Map

Discover McClure Strait from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“McClure Strait” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مضيق مكلور”
  • Azerbaijani: “Mak-Klur boğazı”
  • Belarusian: “Мак-Клур”
  • Belarusian: “Праліў Мак-Клур”
  • Bulgarian: “Макклур (проток)”
  • Bulgarian: “Макклур”
  • Catalan: “Estret de McClure”
  • Catalan: “Estret McClure”
  • Cebuano: “M’Clure Strait”
  • Chinese: “麥克盧爾海峽”
  • Chinese: “麦克卢尔海峡”
  • Czech: “McClureův průliv”
  • Danish: “M’Clure Strait”
  • Dutch: “M’Clure Strait”
  • Esperanto: “Markolo M’Clure”
  • Finnish: “M’Clure Strait”
  • Finnish: “McClure Strait”
  • Finnish: “McCluren salmi”
  • Finnish: “McClurensalmi”
  • French: “Détroit de M’Clure”
  • French: “Detroit de McClure”
  • French: “détroit de McClure”
  • French: “Détroit de McClure”
  • French: “Détroit M’Clure”
  • French: “Détroit McClure”
  • Georgian: “მაკ-კლურის სრუტე”
  • German: “McClure Strait”
  • German: “McClure-Straße”
  • Hebrew: “מצר מקקלור”
  • Hindi: “एम्क्ल्यूरे जलसन्धि”
  • Italian: “Stretto di McClure”
  • Japanese: “マクルアー海峡”
  • Latvian: “Maklūra šaurums”
  • Lithuanian: “Makliuro sąsiauris”
  • Malayalam: “മക്ലൂർ കടലിടുക്ക്”
  • Nepali: “एम्क्ल्यूरे जलसन्धि”
  • Nepali: “म्याक क्ल्युरी जलसन्धि”
  • Newari: “एम्क्ल्यूरे जलसन्धि”
  • Newari: “मिक्ल्युर जलसन्धि”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “McCluresundet”
  • Polish: “Cieśnina McClure’a”
  • Portuguese: “Estreito de McClure”
  • Russian: “Мак-Клур”
  • Slovak: “Mac Clurov prieliv”
  • Spanish: “Estrecho de McClure”
  • Spanish: “Estrecho McClure”
  • Swedish: “M’Clure Strait”
  • Swedish: “McClures sund”
  • Turkish: “McClure Boğazı”
  • Ukrainian: “Мак-Клур”
  • Vietnamese: “eo biển M’Clure”
  • Vietnamese: “eo biển McClure”

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