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Northwest Passage Definition
(n)
a
water
route
between
the
Atlantic
and
the
Pacific
Oceans
along
the
northern
coast
of
North
America
;
Europeans
since
the
16th
century
had
searched
for
a
short
route
to
the
Far
East
before
it
was
successfully
traversed
by
Roald
Amundsen
(
1903
-
1906
)
Northwest Passage Synonyms
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