Robeson Channel facts for kids
Robeson Channel (82°00′N 061°30′W / 82.000°N 61.500°W) is a body of water lying between Greenland and Canada's northernmost island, Ellesmere Island. It is the most northerly part of Nares Strait, linking Hall Basin to the south with the Arctic Ocean to the north. The Newman Fjord in Greenland has its mouth in the Robeson Channel.
It is about 50 mi (80 km) in length and between 11 to 18 mi (18 to 29 km) wide. Alert, the world's most northerly permanently inhabited settlement, lies nearby.
It was named during the 1871 Polaris Expedition, for American George Robeson, Secretary of the Navy in the Ulysses S. Grant administration.
See also
In Spanish: Canal Robeson para niños
All content from Kiddle encyclopedia articles (including the article images and facts) can be freely used under Attribution-ShareAlike license, unless stated otherwise. Cite this article:
Robeson Channel Facts for Kids. Kiddle Encyclopedia.