Navy Board Inlet

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Template:Short description <mapframe text="Navy Board Inlet" width=242 height=242 zoom=5 latitude=73 longitude=-79 type="line" stroke-width=3 id="Q6982611" /> Navy Board Inlet is a body of water in Nunavut's Qikiqtaaluk Region. It is an arm of Lancaster Sound, after which it proceeds southerly before it empties into Eclipse Sound. It is Script error: No such module "convert". long and Script error: No such module "convert". wide.[1]

The inlet separates Baffin Island to the west from Bylot Island to the east, making it part of the Sirmilik National Park. There are a few islands within Navy Board Inlet, including the Wollaston Islands.

History

Navy Board Inlet was first discovered by Admiral Sir Edward Parry in 1819.[2]

In literature

Navy Board Inlet is the setting for Rudyard Kipling's story "Quiquern", in The Second Jungle Book.

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External links

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