The Peary Channel is a
waterway
A waterway is any navigable body of water. Broad distinctions are useful to avoid ambiguity, and disambiguation will be of varying importance depending on the nuance of the equivalent word in other languages. A first distinction is necessary b ...
in the territory of
Nunavut. It is an arm of the
Arctic Ocean
The Arctic Ocean is the smallest and shallowest of the world's five major oceans. It spans an area of approximately and is known as the coldest of all the oceans. The International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) recognizes it as an ocean, a ...
, and it spreads southeast between
Meighen Island
Meighen Island is an uninhabited member of the Queen Elizabeth Islands, part of the Arctic Archipelago, in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada.
Features and history
Located at , it measures in size and is topped with an ice cap. The isla ...
to the north,
Axel Heiberg Island to the east,
Amund Ringnes Island to the south, and
Ellef Ringnes Island
Ellef Ringnes Island is one of the Sverdrup Islands in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. A member of the Queen Elizabeth Islands and Arctic Archipelago, it is located in the Arctic Ocean, east of Borden Island, and west of Amund Ringne ...
to the west. The channel is approximately long and wide.
References
Peary Channel at Atlas of Canada
Channels of Qikiqtaaluk Region
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