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<h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-main">Lancastersund</span></h1>
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<th colspan="2" style="text-align:middle; background-color:#CEDAF2; color:black;">Lancastersund – Lancaster Sound
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<td style="vertical-align:top;">Verbindet Gewässer</td>
<td><a href="Prince_Regent_Inlet" title="Prince Regent Inlet">Prince Regent Inlet</a><br>und <a href="Barrow_Strait" title="Barrow Strait">Barrow Strait</a>
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<td><a href="Baffin_Bay" title="Baffin Bay">Baffin Bay</a>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;">Trennt Landmasse</td>
<td><a href="Devon_Island" title="Devon Island">Devon Island</a>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;">von Landmasse</td>
<td><a href="Baffininsel" title="Baffininsel">Baffininsel</a>
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<td colspan="2" style="background-color:#CEDAF2; text-align:center;"><b>Daten</b>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><a href="World_Geodetic_System_1984" title="World Geodetic System 1984">Geographische Lage</a>
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<td><span id="Lancastersund_-_Lancaster_Sound" class="coordinates -print"><a class="external text" href="geo:74.25,-84"><span title="Breitengrad">74° 15′ <abbr title="Nord">N</abbr></span>, <span title="Längengrad">84° 0′ <abbr title="West">W</abbr></span></a></span><span class="geo noexcerpt" style="display:none"><span class="body"></span><span class="latitude">74.25</span><span class="longitude">-84</span><span class="elevation"></span></span>
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<p>Der <b>Lancastersund</b> (<span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal"><a href="Englische_Sprache" title="Englische Sprache">englisch</a></span> <span lang="en-Latn" style="font-style:italic">Lancaster Sound</span>) ist eine etwa 50 km breite <a href="Meerenge" title="Meerenge">Meerenge</a> zwischen der <a href="Devon-Insel" class="mw-redirect" title="Devon-Insel">Devon-Insel</a> und der <a href="Baffininsel" title="Baffininsel">Baffininsel</a> im <a href="Kanada" title="Kanada">kanadischen</a> Territorium <a href="Nunavut" title="Nunavut">Nunavut</a>.
</p><p>Östlich liegt die <a href="Baffin_Bay" title="Baffin Bay">Baffin Bay</a>, im Westen die <a href="Barrow_Strait" title="Barrow Strait">Barrow Strait</a> und im Süden der <a href="Prince_Regent_Inlet" title="Prince Regent Inlet">Prince Regent Inlet</a>. Benannt wurde der Lancastersund nach <a href="James_Lancaster" title="James Lancaster">James Lancaster</a> (etwa 1554–1618) von <a href="William_Baffin" title="William Baffin">William Baffin</a>.
</p><p>Der Lancastersund ist Teil der <a href="Nordwestpassage" title="Nordwestpassage">Nordwestpassage</a>, die 1819–1820 von William Parry und 1850–1853 von <a href="Robert_John_Le_Mesurier_McClure" title="Robert John Le Mesurier McClure">Robert McClure</a> aufgeklärt und 1903–1906 von <a href="Roald_Amundsen" title="Roald Amundsen">Roald Amundsen</a> erstmals durchfahren wurde.
</p><p>Das Wasser des Sundes ist rund neun Monate im Jahr vereist. Der Lancastersund bietet vielen Tieren Lebensraum; so sind beispielsweise <a href="Eisb%C3%A4r" title="Eisbär">Eisbären</a>, <a href="Schneegans" title="Schneegans">Schneegänse</a>, <a href="Narwal" title="Narwal">Narwale</a>, <a href="Wei%C3%9Fwal" title="Weißwal">Belugas</a> und viele <a href="Seev%C3%B6gel" class="mw-redirect" title="Seevögel">Seevögel</a> anzutreffen.
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<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.mar.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/science/ocean/seaice/archipel_e.html">Canadian Arctic Archipelago: Barrow Strait and Lancaster Sound</a> in <i>Fisheries and Oceans Canada</i> (englisch)</li></ul>
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Normdaten (Geografikum): <a href="Gemeinsame_Normdatei" title="Gemeinsame Normdatei">GND</a>: <span class="-print"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://d-nb.info/gnd/4518783-6">4518783-6</a></span> | <a href="Virtual_International_Authority_File" title="Virtual International Authority File">VIAF</a>: <span class="-print"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://viaf.org/viaf/239190193/">239190193</a></span> </div>
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