Gulf of Boothia

The Gulf of Boothia /ˈbθiə/ is a body of water in Nunavut, Canada. Administratively it is divided between the Kitikmeot Region on the west and the Qikiqtaaluk Region on the east. It merges north into Prince Regent Inlet, the two forming a single bay with different names for its parts. It is surrounded by, clockwise, Baffin Island, Fury and Hecla Strait, the Melville Peninsula, the Canadian mainland, and the Boothia Peninsula. The south end is Committee Bay, northwest of which are the Simpson Peninsula and Pelly Bay.[1]

Gulf of Boothia
Map of Nunavut with a dot at the location of the Gulf of Boothia
Map of Nunavut with a dot at the location of the Gulf of Boothia
Gulf of Boothia
Location of Gulf of Boothia in Nunavut
LocationKitikmeot and Qikiqtaaluk Regions, Nunavut, Canada
Coordinates70°40′N 91°00′W[1]
Ocean/sea sourcesArctic
Basin countriesCanada
Map indicating the Gulf of Boothia, Nunavut, Canada.
  Nunavut
  Northwest Territories
  Greenland
  Quebec
  Newfoundland and Labrador

In 1822, it was seen by some of William Edward Parry's men, who went on foot along the ice-choked Fury and Hecla Strait. In 1829, it was entered by John Ross, who was frozen in for four years and named it for his patron Sir Felix Booth. Its south end was explored by John Rae in 1846–1847, who reached it overland from the south.[2][3]

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