Sullorsuaq Strait Sullorsuaq Strait Sullorsuaq Strait (old spelling: "Suvdlorssuaq", ) is a strait on the western coast of Greenland. The strait separates Nuussuaq Peninsula in the northeast from Qeqertarsuaq Island in the southwest. The strait waterway connects inner Disko Bay in the southeast with Baffin Bay in the northwest. Qeqertarsuatsiaq Island is located in the northeastern mouth of the strait, where it opens into Baffin Bay. At the southeastern end, the large Alluttoq Island is located in the outlet of the strait, at the confluence with Disko Bay. Archaeological excavations in Qilakitsoq on the northeastern shore revealed the existence of an ancient
Fury and Hecla Strait Fury and Hecla Strait Fury and Hecla Strait is a narrow (from ) channel of water located in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. Situated between Baffin Island to the north and the Melville Peninsula to the south, it connects Foxe Basin on the east with the Gulf of Boothia on the west. The first European to see it was William Edward Parry in 1822. It used to be always covered in ice, making the navigation difficult. The first transit (west to east) was by icebreaker in the middle of the 20th century. In the summer of 2016 the strait