Wilkins Strait
Wilkins Strait is a natural waterway through the central Canadian Arctic Archipelago. It is mostly in the Northwest Territories, although its eastern extremity is in Nunavut. It separates Borden Island from Brock Island and Mackenzie King Island.Wilkins Strait
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- Description: strait
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Latitude
78.18718° or 78° 11′ 14″ north
Longitude
-111.44531° or 111° 26′ 43″ west
Open location code
C5CC5HP3+VV
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Swedish—“Wilkins Strait” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Wilkins Strait”
- Cebuano: “Wilkins Strait (agianan sa Northwest Territories)”
- Cebuano: “Wilkins Strait”
- Chinese: “威爾金斯海峽”
- Dutch: “Wilkins Strait”
- French: “détroit de Wilkins”
- French: “Détroit de Wilkins”
- German: “Wilkins Strait”
- Hebrew: “מצר וילקינס”
- Italian: “Stretto di Wilkins”
- Japanese: “ウィルキンス海峡”
- Latvian: “Vilkinsa šaurums”
- Portuguese: “Estreito de Wilkins”
- Swedish: “Wilkins Strait”
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