Northwest Passage

English

Proper noun

Northwest Passage

1. (geography, nautical) The sea route through the Canadian Arctic Archipelago in the Arctic Ocean, connecting the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans, between the Baffin Bay and the Beaufort Sea.
   • 1981, Stan Rogers (lyrics and music), “Northwest Passage”, in Northwest Passage, Fogarty's Cove Music, →OCLC:

     Ah, for just one time / I would take the Northwest Passage / To find the hand of Franklin / Reaching for the Beaufort Sea

Coordinate terms

• Maritime Silk Road
• Northeast Passage
• Northern Sea Route
• Silk Road
• Spice Route

 

Derived terms

• Northeast Passage

 

Translations

Sea route connecting the Atlantic and the Pacific Ocean

• Dutch: Noordwestelijke Doorvaart (nl) f
• Finnish: Luoteisväylä (fi)
• German: Nordwestpassage (de) f