Kennedy Channel

Kennedy Channel (Danish: Kennedykanalen; French: Passage Kennedy; 80°55′N 66°30′W / 80.917°N 66.500°W / 80.917; -66.500 (Kennedy Channel)) is an Arctic sea passage between Greenland and Canada's most northerly island, Ellesmere Island.

It was named by Elisha Kane around 1854 during his second Arctic voyage in search of the lost Franklin expedition. It is unknown whether it was named for Canadian fur trader, explorer, politician, and historian William Kennedy, whom he had met a few years previously during searches for Franklin's expedition, or John Pendleton Kennedy, the United States Secretary of the Navy during 1852 to 1853.

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