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.[1] Tanquary Fiord or Greely Fiord enters the sound from the east.

Nansen Sound
Nansen Sound
Nansen Sound
Coordinates80°21′N 086°51′W
Basin countriesCanada
SettlementsUninhabited

Notes
  1. Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary, Third Edition, p. 789.

References
  • Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary, Third Edition. Springfield, Massachusetts: Merriam-Webster, Incorporated, 1997. ISBN 0-87779-546-0.


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