Peary Channel

{{for|the hypothetical strait in Greenland|Peary Channel (Greenland)}}

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| name = Peary Channel

| alt = Map showing Peary Channel

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| image = MeighenIslandCloseup.png

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| pushpin_map =Canada Nunavut

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| location = Nunavut

| coords = {{coord|79|40|00|N|101|29|59|W|region:CA-NU_type:waterbody_source:GNS-enwiki|display=inline,title}}

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| part_of = Arctic Ocean

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| oceans=Arctic Ocean

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| basin_countries = Canada, Nunavut

| length ={{convert|193|km|abbr=on}}

| width ={{convert|97|km|abbr=on}}

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| frozen =Most of the year

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The Peary Channel is a waterway in the territory of Nunavut. It is an arm of the Arctic Ocean, and it spreads southeast between Meighen Island to the north, Axel Heiberg Island to the east, Amund Ringnes Island to the south, and Ellef Ringnes Island to the west. The channel is approximately {{convert|193|km|abbr=on}} long and {{convert|97|km|abbr=on}} wide.{{cite web |url=http://www.bartleby.com/69/61/P02561.html |title=Peary Channel |accessdate=2008-06-04 |last= |first= |date=2000 |publisher=The Columbia Gazetteer of North America}}

References

[http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/maps/topo/map?mapsize=428%20380&lat=79.6667000026&long=-101.499999998&mapxy=-127559.442517+3331653.39323&scale=5000000&feature_na=Peary+Channel&location1=62&unique_key=0c7107c1849c20c33446970b412ae40f&searchstring=Peary%20Channel&entity=CHAN&layers=fapfeature+fapfeature%20north_arrow%20other_features%20million_grid%20t50k_grid%20grid_50k_3%20roads%20hydrography%20boundary%20builtup%20vegetation%20populated_places%20railway%20power_network%20manmade_features%20designated_areas%20water_features%20water_saturated_soils%20relief%20contours%20toponymy%20contour%20nodata_ntdb_50k&urlappend=%26unique_key%3D0c7107c1849c20c33446970b412ae40f%26map.layer%5Btextzoom03%5D%3DFEATURE+POINTS+-132370.783398+3363365.23356+END+TEXT+%22Peary%2BChannel%22+END%26map.layer%5Btextzoom46%5D%3DFEATURE+POINTS+-132370.783398+3363365.23356+END+TEXT+%22Peary%2BChannel%22+END%26map.layer%5Bpolygonresultzoom0%5D%3DDATA+fap_bays%26map.layer%5Bpolygonresultzoom1%5D%3DDATA+fap_bays%26map.layer%5Bpolygonresultzoom2%5D%3DDATA+fap_bays%26map.layer%5Bpolygonresultzoom0outline%5D%3DDATA+fap_bays%26map.layer%5Bpolygonresultzoom1outline%5D%3DDATA+fap_bays%26map.layer%5Bpolygonresultzoom2outline%5D%3DDATA+fap_bays Peary Channel at Atlas of Canada]

Category:Channels of Qikiqtaaluk Region