Lancaster Sound

English

proper-noun
Definitions
  • A channel between Baffin Island and Devon Island, the eastern end of the Parry Channel and thus the Northwest Passage, leading into Baffin Bay to the east (the body of water separating Baffin Island from Greenland), and Viscount Melville Sound to the west.

Etymology

Compound from English Lancaster + English sound (produce a sound, examine with the instrument called a sound, or by auscultation percussion).

Origin

English

sound

Gloss

produce a sound, examine with the instrument called a sound, or by auscultation percussion

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