Lancaster Sound, a western outlet of Baffin Bay, in 74° 20' N. lat., connected with Boothia Gulf on the south by means of Prince Regent Inlet. Though this opening into the Arctic Ocean was discovered by Baffin in 1616, it was first navigated by Parry in 1819.
Lancaster Sound
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 6: Humber to Malta, p. 501
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