Danish explorer after whom a strait, island, sea, glacier and land bridge are named Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Danish explorer after whom a strait, island, sea, glacier and land bridge are named last seen in Times Specialist Sunday puzzle. We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 12 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is VITUS BERING.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% VITUS BERING Danish explorer after whom a strait, island, sea, glacier and land bridge are named (12) The Times Specialist Sunday Nov 29, 2020
5% MATSU Island in the Taiwan Strait (5) Wall Street Journal Nov 29, 2025
5% RAE Explorer for whom a Canadian strait is named (3)
5% TASMAN Explorer for whom a sea was named (6)
4% STDENIS Bishop for whom a neighborhood in Paris is named (7) New York Times Nov 28, 2025
4% CANARY Bird named for islands named for dogs (6) Wall Street Journal Nov 25, 2025
4% ICEAGES Glacier-forming periods (7) LA Times Daily Nov 25, 2025
4% OSPREY Sea hawk, by another name (6) TV Nov 23, 2025
4% LEGO Brand name derived from the Danish for "play well" (4) LA Times Daily Nov 23, 2025
4% NARROWS Darts after knight in straits (7) The Telegraph Cryptic Nov 17, 2025

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