Crozier Strait

{{Short description|Natural waterway in Qikiqtaaluk, Nunavut, Canada}}

Crozier Strait is a natural waterway in Qikiqtaaluk, Nunavut, Canada. It separates Bathurst Island's Gregory Peninsula to the west from Milne Island and Little Cornwallis Island to the east.{{cite web|url=http://oceandots.com/arctic/canada/little-cornwallis.php |title=Little Cornwallis Island |accessdate=2008-06-02 |publisher=oceandots.com |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101223015139/http://oceandots.com/arctic/canada/little-cornwallis.php |archivedate=December 23, 2010 }} The strait, an arm of the Arctic Ocean, connects Queens Channel to the north with the McDougall Sound to the south. Kalvik Island is located within the strait, as is Karluk Island, an archaeological site.{{cite journal |url=http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic29-3-165.pdf |format=.pdf |title=An Archaeological Site on Karluck Island in Crozier Strait, N.W.T. |accessdate=2008-06-02 |last=Ruffman |first=Alana |pages=165–167 |journal=Arctic | doi = 10.14430/arctic2800 }}

Crozier Strait is named after Irish Royal Navy officer and polar explorer Francis Crozier.

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Category:Straits of Qikiqtaaluk Region

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