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Barrow (Term applied to three)

a term applied to three prominent localities of the Arctic Ocean, in honor of Sir John Barrow. (1) Point Barrow on the N. coast of Alaska, in 71° 23' N. lat. and 156° 31' W. long., long considered as the most northerly spot on the American mainland. (2) Cape Barrow, on the coast of Canada, or Coronation Gulf, is at 68° N. lat., 111° W. long. (3) Barrow Strait, the earliest of Parry's discoveries, leading to the W. out of Lancaster Sound, which Parry's immediate predecessor, Captain, afterward Sir John Ross, had pronounced to be landlocked in that direction. Besides its main course to Melville Sound, Barrow Strait throws off Prince Regent's Inlet to the S. and Wellington Channel to the N. The passage averages about 50 miles in breadth, extending nearly along the parallel of 74° N., from 85° to 100° W.