# Coronation Gulf

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Gulf between Victoria Island and mainland Nunavut in Canada

Coronation Gulf, Nunavut, Canada.
  Nunavut

  Northwest Territories

  Yukon Territory

  British Columbia

  Alberta

  Saskatchewan

  Manitoba

  Regions outside Canada (Greenland, Alaska)

An [Inuk](/source/Inuit) man uses his sled and dogs to haul caribou carcasses at Coronation Gulf, April 1916

**Coronation Gulf** lies between [Victoria Island](/source/Victoria_Island_(Canada)) and mainland [Nunavut](/source/Nunavut) in Canada. To the northwest it connects with [Dolphin and Union Strait](/source/Dolphin_and_Union_Strait) and thence the [Beaufort Sea](/source/Beaufort_Sea) and [Arctic Ocean](/source/Arctic_Ocean); to the northeast it connects with [Dease Strait](/source/Dease_Strait) and thence [Queen Maud Gulf](/source/Queen_Maud_Gulf).

The northwest point is Cape Krusenstern (not the [Cape Krusenstern](/source/Cape_Krusenstern) in [Alaska](/source/Alaska)). South of that is Richardson Bay and the mouths (from west to east) of the [Rae River](/source/Rae_River), [Richardson River](/source/Richardson_River_(Canada)) and the large [Coppermine River](/source/Coppermine_River), [Napaaktoktok River](/source/Napaaktoktok_River), and the [Asiak River](/source/Asiak_River). The [Tree River](/source/Tree_River) enters at the south centre. At the southeast end is the large [Bathurst Inlet](/source/Bathurst_Inlet). At the northeast end is [Cape Flinders](/source/Cape_Flinders) on the [Kent Peninsula](/source/Kent_Peninsula). In the centre of the gulf lies the [Duke of York Archipelago](/source/Duke_of_York_Archipelago).

The gulf was named by Sir [John Franklin](/source/John_Franklin) in 1821, in honour of the [coronation of King George IV](/source/Coronation_of_George_IV). The environment and Native culture of the area were studied by [Rudolph Anderson](/source/Rudolph_Martin_Anderson) and [Diamond Jenness](/source/Diamond_Jenness) in 1916 as part of the [Canadian Arctic Expedition](/source/Canadian_Arctic_Expedition_1913%E2%80%9316).[1]

The mainland south of the gulf may have substantial [diamond](/source/Diamond) and [uranium](/source/Uranium) deposits.

In 2010, the Coronation Gulf was the site of maritime disaster, when the [*Clipper Adventurer*](/source/MV_Sea_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*](/source/CCGS_Amundsen) came to rescue them.[2]

## See also

- [Royal eponyms in Canada](/source/Royal_eponyms_in_Canada)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Marsh, James H (4 March 2015). [*Coronation Gulf*](https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/coronation-gulf). [Historica Canada](/source/Historica_Canada). Retrieved August 18, 2015. {{[cite encyclopedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_encyclopedia)}}: |website= ignored ([help](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:CS1_errors#periodical_ignored))

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Mooney, Chris (21 December 2017). ["Scientists came to explore the fabled waters of the Arctic — but their work could also change its future"](https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2017/business/mapping-arctic-waters/?tid=a_inl). *[The Washington Post](/source/The_Washington_Post)*. Retrieved 4 January 2018.

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