Robeson Channel () is a body of water lying between

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and

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's northernmost island, Ellesmere Island. It is the most northerly part of

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, linking

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to the south with the

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to the north. The Newman Fjord in Greenland has its mouth in the Robeson Channel. It is about in length and between wide. Alert, the world's most northerly permanently inhabited settlement, lies nearby. It was named during the 1871 Polaris Expedition, for American George Robeson, Secretary of the Navy in the

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administration.

* Chow, R. K. ''Near-Surface Current in Robeson Channel''. Defence Research Establishment Ottawa, 1975. * Dunbar, Moira, and John E. Keys. ''Robeson Channel Ice Drift and Oceanographic Measurements 1970-1975''. Ottawa: efense Research Establishment Ottawa? 1980. * Serson, H. V. ''Robeson Channel Experiment Main and Radar Camp-Plans and Operations''. Ottawa: Dept. of National Defence, 1971. Straits of Greenland Channels of Qikiqtaaluk Region Canada–Greenland border International straits {{Greenland-geo-stub

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