Eureka Sound
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Eureka Sound is a high
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waterway in Qikiqtaaluk,
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, Canada. It separates
Axel Heiberg Island Axel Heiberg Island (, ) is an uninhabited island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. Located in the Arctic Ocean, it is the 32nd largest island in the world and Canada's seventh largest island. According to Statistics Canada, it ha ...
from
Ellesmere Island Ellesmere Island (; ) is Canada's northernmost and List of Canadian islands by area, third largest island, and the List of islands by area, tenth largest in the world. It comprises an area of , slightly smaller than Great Britain, and the total ...
. Stor Island is located within the sound. Eureka Sound is long, and wide. Fort Eureka is nearby.


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Sounds of Qikiqtaaluk Region {{QikiqtaalukNU-geo-stub