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Davis Strait (French: Détroit de Davis); lies between mid-western Greenland and Baffin Island in the Canadian territory of Nunavut. With a water depth of one to two km the strait ...
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Davis Strait, situated between BAFFIN ISLAND and Greenland, is the entrance to BAFFIN BAY from the North Atlantic. It is a large stretch of water over 950 km across at its ... ...
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Davis Strait, c.400 mi (640 km) long and c.180 mi (290 km) wide at the narrowest point, between Greenland and Baffin Island, NE Canada, connecting the Atlantic Ocean and Baffin Bay ...

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Davis Strait, broad channel, connecting the North Atlantic Ocean and Baffin Bay, and separating Greenland and Baffin Island, north-eastern Canada. The strait, about 640 km (400 mi) long and from 320 to 640 km (200 to 400 mi) wide, forms part of the North West Passage. The cold Labrador Current flows south through the strait, along the coast of Baffin Island, carrying ice floes with it during most of the year. A warm current, a branch of the North Atlantic Drift, flows north near the Greenland coast in the region of the strait's principal shipping lanes. The strait was explored by the English navigator John Davis in 1587.