Nansen Sound is an uninhabited strait in Qikiqtaaluk,

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. It lies between western Grant Land on

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and Axel Heiberg Island.''Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary, Third Edition'', p. 789. Tanquary Fiord or Greely Fiord enters the sound from the east.

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*''Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary, Third Edition''. Springfield, Massachusetts: Merriam-Webster, Incorporated, 1997. .

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Sounds of Qikiqtaaluk Region {{QikiqtaalukNU-geo-stub