Humboldt Channel

The Humboldt Channel (69°27′N 96°30′W / 69.450°N 96.500°W / 69.450; -96.500 (Humboldt Channel)Coordinates: 69°27′N 96°30′W / 69.450°N 96.500°W / 69.450; -96.500 (Humboldt Channel)) is a natural waterway through the central Canadian Arctic Archipelago in Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut. It separates King William Island (to the west) from the Tennent Islands (to the east). To the north the strait opens into the James Ross Strait; to the south it opens into the Rae Strait.

Channels of Nunavut

Kitikmeot Region	Goldsmith Humboldt M'Clintock Rasmussen

Qikiqtaaluk Region	Austin Belcher Byam Byam Martin Foxe Kennedy Maury Parry Peary Queens Robeson Sverdrup Wellington

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