Talk:Fury and Hecla Strait

Width?
The text says 2-20km. It’s not too hard to see by dead reckoning in google maps, that just to the west of Liddon Island in the southeast of the strait, the strait is a bit over 22mi.. (35km) wide. If we ignore Lidden Island, the strait across the middle of the island is about 40km. The Canadian Encyclopedia says it’s 50km wide. I can’t see anywhere putatively wider than 40km. Other sources say 16-24km. Maybe they’re ignoring the eastern ‘gap’ that sort of isn’t part of the strait proper. It’s not supposed to be original research, but the stated width is misleading at best, and uncited. Sbalfour (talk) 22:35, 24 February 2019 (UTC)

First transit
The article says "In 1948, USS Edisto and USCGC Eastwind icebreakers succeeded in crossing the strait from east to west ... In August 2016, David Scott Cowper and son, Freddy Cowper, aboard M/V Polar Bound became the first vessel to transit Fury and Hecla Strait from east to west during their successful Route-7 West Northwest Passage.