{{Short description|Gulf between Victoria Island and mainland Nunavut in Canada}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} [[Image:Map indicating Coronation Gulf, Nunavut, Canada.png|right|thumb|Coronation Gulf, Nunavut, Canada.{{Legend|#ffff66|Nunavut}}{{Legend|#ffccff|Northwest Territories}}{{Legend|#ffcc99|Yukon Territory}}{{Legend|#ffff99|British Columbia}}{{Legend|#cccc99|Alberta}}{{Legend|#99ffcc|Saskatchewan}}{{Legend|#ccccff|Manitoba}}{{Legend|#ffffcc|Regions outside Canada (Greenland, Alaska)}}]] [[File:Copper Inuit and dogs hauling caribou carcasses, Coronation Gulf (43318).jpg|thumb|An [[Inuit|Inuk]] man uses his sled and dogs to haul caribou carcasses at Coronation Gulf, April 1916]]
'''Coronation Gulf''' lies between [[Victoria Island (Canada)|Victoria Island]] and mainland [[Nunavut]] in Canada. To the northwest it connects with [[Dolphin and Union Strait]] and thence the [[Beaufort Sea]] and [[Arctic Ocean]]; to the northeast it connects with [[Dease Strait]] and thence [[Queen Maud Gulf]].
The northwest point is Cape Krusenstern (not the [[Cape Krusenstern]] in [[Alaska]]). South of that is Richardson Bay and the mouths (from west to east) of the [[Rae River]], [[Richardson River (Canada)|Richardson River]] and the large [[Coppermine River]], [[Napaaktoktok River]], and the [[Asiak River]]. The [[Tree River]] enters at the south centre. At the southeast end is the large [[Bathurst Inlet]]. At the northeast end is [[Cape Flinders]] on the [[Kent Peninsula]]. In the centre of the gulf lies the [[Duke of York Archipelago]].
The gulf was named by Sir [[John Franklin]] in 1821, in honour of the [[Coronation of George IV|coronation of King George IV]]. The environment and Native culture of the area were studied by [[Rudolph Martin Anderson|Rudolph Anderson]] and [[Diamond Jenness]] in 1916 as part of the [[Canadian Arctic Expedition 1913–16|Canadian Arctic Expedition]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |last=Marsh |first=James H |title=Coronation Gulf |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/coronation-gulf |website=[[The Canadian Encyclopedia]] |publisher=[[Historica Canada]] |date=4 March 2015 |access-date=August 18, 2015}}</ref>
The mainland south of the gulf may have substantial [[diamond]] and [[uranium]] deposits.
In 2010, the Coronation Gulf was the site of maritime disaster, when the [[MV Sea Adventurer|''Clipper Adventurer'']] ran aground on a rock shoal. The accident punctured the ship's ballast and fuel tanks, releasing pollution into the pristine waters, and stranded 128 passengers and 69 crew members until the [[CCGS Amundsen|CCGS ''Amundsen'']] came to rescue them.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Mooney|first1=Chris|title=Scientists came to explore the fabled waters of the Arctic — but their work could also change its future.|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2017/business/mapping-arctic-waters/?tid=a_inl|access-date=4 January 2018|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=21 December 2017}}</ref>
==See also== * [[Royal eponyms in Canada]]
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[[Category:Gulfs of the Kitikmeot Region]] [[Category:Gulfs of the Arctic Ocean]] [[Category:Victoria Island (Canada)]]
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