It is a broad channel that runs roughly from northwest to southeast between the mouth of the
Inglefield Fjord and
Baffin Bay. It is 51.8 km wide between
Cape Robertson and
Hakluyt Island and its minimum width is 14 km. The Murchison Sound separates
Prudhoe Land and
Piulip Nuna —part of the Greenland mainland— to the north from
Kiatak (Northumberland Island) and
Qeqertarsuaq (Herbert Island) to the south with
Cape Cleveland on the northern shore. On the south side of the islands the
Whale Sound leads from the Baffin Bay to the Inglefield Fjord. The
Robertson Fjord and the
MacCormick Fjord have their mouths on the northern side of the sound. ==References==