Fury and Hecla Strait
Fury and Hecla Strait
(hĕk`lə), narrow channel, c.100 mi (160 km) long and from 10 to 15 mi (16–24 km) wide, N Canada, between Baffin Island and Melville Peninsula. It connects Foxe Basin with the Gulf of Boothia. It was explored (1822) by Sir William E. ParryParry, Sir William Edward, 1790–1855, British arctic explorer and rear admiral. He entered the navy at 13 and made his first voyage to the Arctic under Sir John Ross in 1818 in search of the Northwest Passage.
..... Click the link for more information. and named for his ships. The strait is nearly always ice-blocked.