Lancaster Sound en · PROPN
Etymology
From Lancaster + sound. Coined in 1616 by Arctic explorer Englishman William Baffin in honour of his patron Sir James Lancaster.
Meanings
- A channel between Baffin Island and Devon Island, the eastern end of the Parry Channel and thus the Northwest Passage, leading into Baffin Bay to the east (the body of water separating Baffin Island from Greenland), and Viscount Melville Sound to the west.
Synonyms
Translations (4)
iu Tallurutiup Imanga (Translations) · fr détroit de Lancaster (Translations) · fr Détroit de Lancaster (Translations) · iu ᑕᓪᓗᕈᑎᐅᑉ ᐃᒪᖓ (Translations)