Arctic Archipelago Disagreement over the passages' status has raised Canadian concerns about environmental enforcement, national security, and general sovereignty. Hans Island, in the Nares Strait east of Ellesmere Island, is a territory currently contested between Canada and Denmark. The archipelago extends some longitudinally and from the mainland to Cape Columbia, the northernmost point on Ellesmere Island. It is bounded on the west by the Beaufort Sea; on the northwest by the Arctic Ocean; on the east by Greenland, Baffin Bay and Davis Strait; and on the south by Hudson Bay and the Canadian mainland. The various islands are separated from each other
Investigator Strait Kangaroo Island. A number of protected areas are located both within and adjoining the Strait’s extent. The following reserves are located on the south coast of Yorke Peninsula (from west to east): The following reserves are located on the north coast of Kangaroo Island (from west to east): The following reserve is located on Althorpe Islands, Haystack Island and Seal Island at the north-west end of the strait: Investigator Strait Investigator Strait is a body of water in South Australia lying between the Yorke Peninsula, on the Australian mainland, and Kangaroo Island. It was named by Matthew Flinders after his