Nares Strait

The Nares Strait is a waterway between and that connects the northern part of in the Atlantic Ocean with the in the Arctic Ocean.
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Latitude
80.00191° or 80° 0′ 7″ north
Longitude
-69.99482° or 69° 59′ 41″ west
Open location code
C7GG2224+Q3
Geo­Names ID
6086012
Wiki­data ID
Q737190

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Nares Strait” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مضيق ناريس”
  • Azerbaijani: “Nares boğazı”
  • Basque: “Nares itsasartea”
  • Belarusian: “Праліў Нарэса”
  • Belarusian: “Праліў Нэрса”
  • Catalan: “Estret de Nares”
  • Cebuano: “Nares Strait”
  • Central Bikol: “Itiot nin Nares”
  • Chinese: “內爾斯海峽”
  • Chinese: “内尔斯海峡”
  • Croatian: “Naresov tjesnac”
  • Czech: “Naresův průliv”
  • Danish: “Nares Strædet”
  • Dutch: “Nares Strait”
  • Dutch: “Straat Nares”
  • Dutch: “Straat van Nares”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مضيق ناريس”
  • Esperanto: “Markolo de Nares”
  • Estonian: “Narese väin”
  • Finnish: “Naresinsalmi”
  • French: “Détroit de Nares”
  • German: “Nares Strædet”
  • German: “Nares Strait”
  • German: “Nares-Strasse”
  • German: “Nares-Straße”
  • Hebrew: “מצר נארס”
  • Hebrew: “מצרי נארס”
  • Hindi: “नरस जलसंधि”
  • Hungarian: “Nares-szoros”
  • Italian: “Stretto di Nares”
  • Japanese: “ネアズ海峡”
  • Korean: “나레스 해협”
  • Korean: “네어스 해협”
  • Kurdish: “Tengava Nares”
  • Kurdish: “تەنگاڤا نارەس”
  • Latvian: “Neirsa šaurums”
  • Latvian: “Nersa šaurums”
  • Macedonian: “Нерсов Проток”
  • Malayalam: “നാരെസ് കടലിടുക്ക്”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Nares Strædet”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Naressundet”
  • Polish: “Cieśnina Naresa”
  • Portuguese: “Estreito de Nares”
  • Romanian: “Strâmtoarea Nares”
  • Russian: “Нарес”
  • Russian: “Нареса”
  • Russian: “Пролив Нарес”
  • Russian: “Пролив Нареса”
  • Russian: “Пролив Нэрса”
  • Serbian: “Nersov prolaz”
  • Serbian: “Нерсов мореуз”
  • Serbian: “Нерсов пролаз”
  • Slovenian: “Naresov preliv”
  • Spanish: “Estrecho de Nares”
  • Spanish: “Estrecho Nares”
  • Swedish: “Nares Strait”
  • Swedish: “Nares sund”
  • Turkish: “Nares Boğazı”
  • Ukrainian: “Протока Нерса”
  • Vietnamese: “Eo biển Nares”
  • Western Frisian: “Nares Strjitte”
  • Western Frisian: “Strjitte fan Nares”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Détroit de Nares and Joiner Bay.

Nunavut: Highlights

Learn more about Iqaluit and Cambridge Bay.
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