M'Clintock

(McClintock), a channel in the central Canadian Arctic Archipelago between Prince of Wales Island in the east and Victoria Island in the west. Width, 90-170 km; length, approximately 250 km; maximum depths, 300 m in the north and 120 m in the south. In August and September, it is passable with the aid of icebreakers. The channel was named in honor of F. L. McClintock.