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Admiralty Inlet

 
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an arm of the Pacific Ocean in NW Washington, at the entry to Puget Sound.
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Admiralty Inlet  
An arm of the Pacific Ocean in northwest Washington. It is the northernmost part of Puget Sound and lies between Whidbey Island and the mainland.
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Admiralty Inlet

passage of water located between Brodeur and Borden peninsulas and indenting for 230 miles (370 km) the northwest coast of Baffin Island in the Baffin region of Nunavut territory, Canada. The inlet, leading southward from Lancaster Sound of Baffin Bay, is 2 to 20 miles (3 to 32 km) wide, with a shoreline that rises abruptly about 1,000 to 1,500 feet (300 to 460 metres). Arctic Bay (Ikpiarjuk; pop. [2006] 690), a mineral exploration and hunting base, is on its northeastern shore.

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