Prince Gustaf Adolf Sea

Prince Gustaf Adolf Sea
Prince Gustaf Adolf Sea Location in the Arctic
Location
Location	Arctic Ocean
Coordinates	78°30′30″N 106°45′40″W
Type	Sea
Basin countries	Nunavut and Northwest Territories, Canada
Max. length	800 km (500 mi)

Prince Gustaf Adolf Sea formerly Prince Gustav Adolf Sea^[1] (French: Mer du Prince-Gustave-Adolphe) is a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean located in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut,^[2] and the Inuvik Region,^[3] Canada.

Geography

It is situated among the islands of the Arctic Archipelago. The sea is bounded on the west by Borden Island and Mackenzie King Island, and on the east by Ellef Ringnes Island. To the south is Lougheed Island. The sea opens into the Arctic Ocean to the north, and into the Byam Martin Channel and Maclean Strait to the south.

The Sea was named in 1898 by Otto Sverdrup after the Swedish prince (and later king) Gustav VI Adolf.^[4][5]

See also

• List of seas

References

1. Prince Gustaf Adolf Sea / Prince Gustaf Adolf Sea (Formerly Prince Gustav Adolf Sea)
2. Prince Gustaf Adolf Sea, Nunavut
3. Prince Gustaf Adolf Sea, Northwest Territories
4. Otto Neumann, Sverdrup (1959). Arctic adventures: Adapted from New land: four years in the Arctic regions. Longmans. p. 215.
5. Barr, Elinor (2015-07-27). Swedes in Canada: Invisible Immigrants. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 9781442695153.