Hazen Strait
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The Hazen Strait () is a natural waterway through the
Canadian Arctic Archipelago The Arctic Archipelago, also known as the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, is an archipelago lying to the north of the Canadian continental mainland, excluding Greenland (an autonomous territory of Denmark). Situated in the northern extremity of No ...
. It separates
Mackenzie King Island Mackenzie King Island is one of the uninhabited Queen Elizabeth Islands in northern Canada. It lies north of Melville Island and south of Borden Island, and like them is divided when it comes to administration. Most of the island is in Northwes ...
in the
Northwest Territories The Northwest Territories (abbreviated ''NT'' or ''NWT''; french: Territoires du Nord-Ouest, formerly ''North-Western Territory'' and ''North-West Territories'' and namely shortened as ''Northwest Territory'') is a federal territory of Canada. ...
(to the north) from
Vesey Hamilton Island Vesey Hamilton Island is an island of the Arctic Archipelago, in the territory of Nunavut. It lies in the Hazen Strait, north of Melville Island. External links Vesey Hamilton Islandin the Atlas of Canada The Atlas of Canada (french: L'Atla ...
and Melville Island's
Sabine Peninsula The Sabines (; lat, Sabini; it, Sabini, all exonyms) were an Italic people who lived in the central Apennine Mountains of the ancient Italian Peninsula, also inhabiting Latium north of the Anio before the founding of Rome. The Sabines divid ...
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'' ...
(to the south). Straits of the Northwest Territories Straits of Qikiqtaaluk Region Borders of Nunavut Borders of the Northwest Territories {{NorthwestTerritories-geo-stub