Simpson Strait

Geographical location

The Simpson Strait is a shallow strait, which King William Iceland in the north of the Adelaide Peninsula, which is part of the mainland of the Canadian territory of Nunavut, in the south. The strait connects the Queen Maud Gulf and the associated Storis passage in the west with the Rasmussen Basin in the east. The Simpson Strait has a length of 80 km. Its width varies from 3.5 to 20 km.

There are several small islands in the Straits: Albert, Beaver, Boulder, Castor, Chen, club, Comb, Denille, Dolphin, Eta, Hook, Kilwinning, Pollux, Ristvedt, Saatuq, Sarvaq and taupe.

History

George Back reached the Simpson Strait in 1834. He gave her but no name.

In 1836, the Hudson's Bay Company, Thomas Simpson and Peter Warren Dease commissioned thus to complete the exploration and mapping of the northern coast of North America. These reached 1839 Simpson Strait and gave it its present name.

Roald Amundsen sailed the strait in 1903 during his first successful Northwest Passage.