Northwest Passage

English Proper noun 1 Northwest Passage en geography nautical The sea route through the Canadian Arctic Archipelago in the Arctic Ocean, connecting the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans, between the Baffin Bay and the Beaufort Sea. en 1981 27290720 w:Stan Rogers Northwest Passage (song) Northwest Passage Northwest Passage (album) Northwest Passage w:Fogarty's Cove Music Ah, for just one time / I would take the Northwest Passage / To find the hand of John Franklin Franklin / Reaching for the Beaufort Sea en w:National Geographic 1989 May 175 5 Braving the Northwest Passage Jeff MacInnis 586 The dream of a Northwest Passage lured European explorers for centuries with the promise of a quick, if hazardous, Arctic sea route across the New World to the wealth of Asia. Coordinate terms en Northeast Passage Northern Sea Route Silk Road Maritime Silk Road Spice Route Derived terms en Northeast Passage Translations Sea route connecting the Atlantic and the Pacific Ocean Catalan: ca pas del Nord-oest m Dutch: nl Noordwestelijke Doorvaart f Finnish: fi Luoteisväylä French: fr passage du Nord-Ouest m German: de Nordwestpassage f Irish: ga Pasáiste Siar ó Thuaidh m f Korean: ko 북서항로(北西航路) Welsh: cy y Dramwyfa'r Gogledd-Orllewin f