The Whale Sound () is a
sound
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in the
Avannaata
Avannaata (, ) is a municipality of Greenland created on 1 January 2018 from the bulk of the former Qaasuitsup municipality. It encompasses an area of 522,700 km2 and has 10,726 inhabitants.
Geography
In the south, Avannaata is flanked ...
municipality, NW
Greenland
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.
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Geography
It is a broad channel that runs roughly from east to west between the mouth of the
Inglefield Fjord and
Baffin Bay
Baffin Bay (Inuktitut: ''Saknirutiak Imanga''; ; ; ), located between Baffin Island and the west coast of Greenland, is defined by the International Hydrographic Organization as a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean. It is sometimes considered a s ...
. Its minimum width is 19 km.
The Whale Sound separates
Steensby Land —part of the Greenland mainland— to the south from
Kiatak (Northumberland Island) and
Qeqertarsuaq (Herbert Island) to the north. The
Murchison Sound leads from the Baffin Bay to the Inglefield Fjord on the north side of the islands.
[''Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute,'' p. 88] the
Olrik Fjord has its entrance at the eastern end of the sound.
References
External links
Explanatory notes to the Geological map of Greenland
Sounds of North America
Straits of Greenland
Bodies of water of Baffin Bay
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