Back Canal de Foxe Catalan Foxe Channel CEB Foxe-Kanal German Canal de Foxe Spanish Foxe'i väin Estonian Canale di Foxe Italian 폭스 해협 Korean Foksa šaurums Latvian/Lettish Foxe Channel Dutch Canal de Foxe Portuguese
Foxe Channel
Foxe Channel near Baffin Island
Foxe Channel (65°N 80°W / 65°N 80°W[1]), formerly Fox Channel[2] is an area of sea in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. It separates the Foxe Basin (to the north) from Hudson Bay and the Hudson Strait (to the south). To the west and south-west is Southampton Island, to the east is Baffin Island, and to the north-west is the Melville Peninsula.
The channel takes its name from the English explorer Luke Foxe who reached it in 1631.
- ^ "Foxe Channel". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
- ^ "Foxe Channel (Formerly Fox Channel)". Retrieved 2 September 2023.