Gulf of Boothia

The Gulf of Boothia (English Gulf of Boothia ) is a body of water in the Canadian territory of Nunavut. The western part belongs to the region Kitikmeot, while the eastern part belongs to Qikiqtaaluk region. The Gulf of Boothia lies between Baffin Island and the Boothia Peninsula. Furthermore, it is bounded by the Melville Peninsula and the Canadian mainland in the south.

To the north opens the Gulf of Boothia from Prince Regent Inlet. The Fury and Hecla Strait, connecting the waters with the Foxe Basin. The Bellotstraße represents a very narrow and often frozen waterway between the Gulf of Boothia and the Peel Sound and Franklin Strait dar. the south of the Gulf of Boothia is the Committee Bay, in the southwest of the smaller Pelly Bay.

The Gulf of Boothia a north- south extent of about 300 km and a width (east- west extension ) 130-275 km.

The Gulf of Boothia was named by the Scottish polar explorer John Ross after Sir Felix Booth, the sponsor of his second expedition to discover the Northwest Passage.

Islands in the Gulf of Boothia are:

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