Back مضيق دافيس Arabic Estrechu de Davis AST Devis boğazı Azerbaijani Девис боғаҙы Bashkir Праліў Дэвіса Byelorussian Дейвис (проток) Bulgarian ডেভিস প্রণালী Bengali/Bangla Davisov prolaz BS Estret de Davis Catalan Дейвисан хидоькъе CE
Nunavut
Quebec
Newfoundland and Labrador
Regions outside Canada (Greenland, Iceland)
The Davis Strait is a southern arm of the Arctic Ocean that lies north of the Labrador Sea. It lies between mid-western Greenland and Baffin Island in Nunavut, Canada. To the north is Baffin Bay. The strait was named for the English explorer John Davis (1550–1605), who explored the area while seeking a Northwest Passage. By the 1650s it was used for whale hunting.