Nares Strait

The Nares Strait is a waterway between and that connects the northern part of Baffin Bay in the Atlantic Ocean with the in the Arctic Ocean.
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Nares Strait

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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Satellite Map

Discover Nares Strait from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

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
  • 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
  • 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: Detroit de Nares
  • French: détroit de Nares
  • French: Détroit de Nares
  • German: Nares Strædet
  • German: Nares Strait
  • German: Nares-Strasse
  • German: Nares-Straße
  • German: Naresstrasse
  • German: Naresstraße
  • 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.

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