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| The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. 2000. |
| Fury and Hecla Strait |
| Fury and Hecla Strait (HEK-luh), narrow channel, c.100 mi/160 km long and 10 mi/16 km–15 mi/24 km wide, N Canada, bet. Baffin Isl. and Melville Peninsula. It connects Foxe Basin with the Gulf of Boothia. It was explored (1822) by Sir William E. Parry and named for his ships. The strait is nearly always ice blocked. |
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