M'Clintock Channel

{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}

{{Infobox body of water

| name= M'Clintock Channel

| coordinates = {{coord|72|00|N|102|00|W|display=inline,title|type:waterbody_scale:5000000_region:CA-NU|notes={{Cite cgndb|OAKPZ|M'Clintock Channel}}|name=M'Clintock Channel}}

| pushpin_map = Canada Nunavut

| length = {{cvt|170|mi|order=flip}}

| width = {{cvt|65|to|130|mi|order=flip}}

| basin_countries = Nunavut, Canada

}}

M'Clintock Channel (also spelled McClintock Channel) is located in the territory of Nunavut, Canada. The channel, an arm of the Arctic Ocean, divides Victoria Island from Prince of Wales Island. This channel is named after Sir Francis McClintock, an Irish explorer in the British Royal Navy, famous for his Canadian Arctic explorations. The channel is {{cvt|170|mi|order=flip}} long, and between {{cvt|65|and|130|mi|order=flip}} wide, making it one of the largest channels in the Arctic Archipelago.

The channel connects Ommanney Bay and Parry Channel to the northwest and Larsen Sound to the southeast. Umingmalik is on the southeast boundary of the channel.

There was another M'Clintock Channel located between Hudson Island and Hall Island, to the east of Loks Land at {{coord|62|32|N|64|15|W|type:waterbody_scale:5000000_region:CA-NU|notes={{Cite cgndb|OAKQA|M'Clintock Channel}}|name=M'Clintock Channel (Unofficial)}}. However, the name is no longer in use.

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