Comer Strait is a narrow waterway separating the northeastern tip of
Southampton Island
Southampton Island (Inuktitut: ''Shugliaq'') is a large island at the entrance to Hudson Bay at Foxe Basin. One of the larger members of the Arctic Archipelago, Southampton Island is part of the Kivalliq Region in Nunavut, Canada. The area of th ...
from the western shore of
White Island White Island may refer to:
Places Oceania
*Whakaari / White Island, volcanic island in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand
**2019 Whakaari / White Island eruption
*White Island (Otago), Dunedin, New Zealand
North America
*White Island, Paget, Bermuda
...
in
Nunavut
Nunavut ( , ; iu, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ , ; ) is the largest and northernmost Provinces and territories of Canada#Territories, territory of Canada. It was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999, via the ''Nunavut Act'' ...
's
Foxe Basin
Foxe Basin is a shallow oceanic basin north of Hudson Bay, in Nunavut, Canada, located between Baffin Island and the Melville Peninsula. For most of the year, it is blocked by sea ice (fast ice) and drift ice made up of multiple ice floes.
...
. It is also the western entrance to the
Duke of York Bay.
Comer Strait was named for American
whaling
Whaling is the process of hunting of whales for their usable products such as meat and blubber, which can be turned into a type of oil that became increasingly important in the Industrial Revolution.
It was practiced as an organized industry ...
captain
George Comer
Captain George Comer (April 1858 – 1937) was considered the most famous American whaling captain of Hudson Bay, and the world's foremost authority on Hudson Bay Inuit in the early 20th century.
Comer was a polar explorer, whaler/ sealer, ethno ...
.
References
Straits of Kivalliq Region
Foxe Basin
{{KivalliqNU-geo-stub