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Queen Maud Gulf


Queen Maud Gulf (68°20′N 102°00′W / 68.333°N 102.000°W / 68.333; -102.000 (Queen Maud Gulf)Coordinates: 68°20′N 102°00′W / 68.333°N 102.000°W / 68.333; -102.000 (Queen Maud Gulf)) lies between the northern coast of the mainland and the southeastern corner of Victoria Island in Nunavut, Canada. At its western end lies Cambridge Bay, leading to Dease Strait; to the east lies Simpson Strait; and to the north, Victoria Strait.

In 1839 it was crossed by Peter Warren Dease and Thomas Simpson. It was named by the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen in 1905 for the Norwegian queen Maud of Wales.


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