Hazen Strait
The Hazen Strait (77°00′N 110°30′W / 77.000°N 110.500°W) is a natural waterway through the Queen Elisabeth Islands in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago.[1][2] It separates Mackenzie King Island in the Northwest Territories (to the north) from Melville Island's Cape George Richards on the Sabine Peninsula in Nunavut (to the south).[3][4][5][6][7][8] All of the islands that Hazen Strait separates are uninhabited.[9][10] Vesey Hamilton Island is located in the middle of Hazen Strait towards the Nunavut side.[7][11] Hazen Strait is near to the Hecla and Griper Bay in Melville Island.[7][12] As of 2000[update], no land on any of the 3 islands bordering the Hazen Strait are Inuit owned, and none of the islands are inhabited permanently.[9][13]
Hazen Strait is frozen over 9-10 months of the year, with some winter ice near the south coast of Mackenzie King Island remaining year-round per a 1962 survey.[14][15] The strait is also fairly dense with ice, with the ice discharge towards the southeast being minimal.[15] The area around the strait is thought to have 4 bbl of oil and 56 tcf of natural gas under it, and directly under the strait are the Whitefish and Roche Point natural gas fields.[16][17]
The Hazen Strait VFR/VNC area is named after Hazen Strait.[18] The Hazen marine area is located in the Western Arctic marine region, and covers around half of the Hazen Strait proper.[19][20] The other half of the strait falls under the Ballantyne marine area.[20]
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- ^ Government of Canada, Natural Resources Canada. "Place names - Hecla and Griper Bay". geonames.nrcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2025-03-12.
- ^ Kilian, Glen (2000). "Inuit Owned Lands in Nunavut" (PDF). Qikiqtani Inuit Association. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
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- ^ a b Black, W. A. (1965). Sea-Ice Survey, Queen Elizabeth Islands Region, Summer 1962 (PDF). Department of Mines and Technical Surveys. p. 34.
- ^ Zedalis, Rex J. (2017-03-02). International Energy Law: Rules Governing Future Exploration, Exploitation and Use of Renewable Resources. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-351-92689-8.
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- ^ "Hazen Strait VNC - Air 5048". VIP Pilot Centre Inc. Retrieved 2025-03-12.
- ^ Environment Canada (2013-04-16). "Hazen - Western Arctic - Environment Canada". weather.gc.ca. Retrieved 2025-03-12.
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