Nansen Sound

Nansen Sound is an uninhabited strait in Qikiqtaaluk, , Canada. It lies between western Grant Land on and . or Greely Fiord enters the sound from the east.
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Nansen Sound

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Latitude
81.0021° or 81° 0′ 8″ north
Longitude
-90.58399° or 90° 35′ 2″ west
Open location code
C6HF2C28+RC
Geo­Names ID
6085878
Wiki­data ID
Q3045414

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In Other Languages

From Bavarian to Swedish—“Nansen Sound” goes by many names.
  • Bavarian: “Nansen Sound”
  • Catalan: “estret de Nansen”
  • Catalan: “Estret de Nansen”
  • Cebuano: “Nansen Sound”
  • Chinese: “南森海峽”
  • Chinese: “南森灣”
  • Dutch: “Nansen Sound”
  • French: “détroit de Nansen”
  • French: “Détroit de Nansen”
  • German: “Nansen Sound”
  • German: “Nansensund”
  • Japanese: “ナンセン・サウンド”
  • Japanese: “ナンセン湾”
  • Latvian: “Nansena šaurums”
  • Portuguese: “Estreito de Nansen”
  • Portuguese: “Nansen Sound”
  • Spanish: “Nansen Sound”
  • Swedish: “Nansen Sound”

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