ARCTIC REGIONS

The geography of the Artic Regions is quite rugged. The lands are low and flat and were heavily glaciated during the last Ice Age and are dominated by mountains.

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The Davis Strait

Davis Strait, a sea passage connecting the Atlantic Ocean to Baffin Bay and separating southern Greenland from Canada's Baffin Island.

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  • Geography of the Arctic Regions
    Geography of the Arctic Regions

    Arctic Regions, the area centering on the North Pole and including the Arctic Ocean, its outlying waters and islands, and the northern rims of North America, Europe, and Asia. See more »

  • Baffin Island
    Baffin Island

    Baffin Island, an island in the Arctic archipelago of Canada and a part of Nunavut. See more »

  • Baffin Bay
    Baffin Bay

    Baffin Bay, a large, deep body of water between Greenland and Canada's Ellesmere, Devon, Bylot, and Baffin islands. See more »

  • Ellesmere Island
    Ellesmere Island

    Ellesmere Island, a large island in the Arctic Ocean off northwestern Greenland. It is part of Nunavut, a Canadian territory. See more »

  • Geography of Franz Josef Land
    Geography of Franz Josef Land

    Franz Josef Land, (Russian: Zemlya Frantsa Iosifa), a group of about 85 Russian islands in the Arctic Ocean some 800 miles (1,290 km) north of the Russian mainland. See more »

  • Jan Mayen Island
    Jan Mayen Island

    Jan Mayen Island, a Norwegian island in the Arctic Ocean. It is 660 miles (1,060 km) west of Tromso, Norway, and 280 miles (450 km) east of Greenland. See more »

  • Novaya Zemlya
    Novaya Zemlya

    Novaya Zemlya, an island group in the Arctic Ocean belonging to Russia and forming part of Archangel Oblast. See more »

  • Svalbard
    Svalbard

    Svalbard, the group name for all the Norwegian islands in the Arctic Ocean north of the Norwegian coast. See more »

  • The Arctic Circle
    The Arctic Circle

    Arctic Circle, COD22, in geography, an imaginary line running parallel to the Equator and circling the earth at about 66° 33' north latitude. See more »

  • The Davis Strait
    The Davis Strait

    Davis Strait, a sea passage connecting the Atlantic Ocean to Baffin Bay and separating southern Greenland from Canada's Baffin Island. See more »

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