Davis Strait
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Davis Strait
named after John Davis (??1550–1605), English navigator
Example Sentences
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Scientists collected their measurements during an expedition aboard the Royal Research Ship Discovery around Greenland and the Davis Strait in spring and summer 2022.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 18, 2026
But Isak says “the most challenging ocean crossing of my life” was the long stint around Greenland through thick fog and ice up the Davis Strait.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2024
This includes the polar bears in the vulnerable, southernmost ice areas of western Hudson Bay, Davis Strait, and southern Hudson Bay.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 20, 2020
The trail starts near the western edge of the ice cap and continues across one of the island’s largest snow-and-ice-free expanses to Sisimiut and the Davis Strait, which separates the Labrador Sea and Baffin Bay.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 9, 2018
The Norse visits were instead launched from the Greenland colony, separated from North America only by the 200-mile width of Davis Strait.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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