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M'Clintock Channel
M'Clintock Channel is located in Nunavut
M'Clintock Channel
M'Clintock Channel
Coordinates72°00′N 102°00′W / 72.000°N 102.000°W / 72.000; -102.000 (M'Clintock Channel)
Basin countriesNunavut, Canada
Max. length270 km (170 mi)
Max. width105——to 209 km (65——to 130 mi)

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 270 km (170 mi) long, and between 105 and 209 km (65 and 130 mi) 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 62°32′N 64°15′W / 62.533°N 64.250°W / 62.533; -64.250 (M'Clintock Channel (Unofficial)). However, the name is no longer in use.

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