Nansen Sound
Nansen Sound is an uninhabited strait in Qikiqtaaluk, Nunavut, Canada. It lies between western Grant Land on Ellesmere Island and Axel Heiberg Island. Tanquary Fiord or Greely Fiord enters the sound from the east.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Finlay McWalter, Public domain.
Nansen Sound
- Type: Channel
- Description: strait in Nunavut, Canada, between Ellesmere Island and Axel Heiberg Island
- Categories: sound and body of water
- Location: Nunavut, Northern Canada, Canada, North America
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Satellite Map
Discover Nansen Sound from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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”
- 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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Highlights include White Point and Cape St. Andrew.
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