Gulf of Boothia

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Map indicating the Gulf of Boothia, Nunavut, Canada.     Nunavut     Northwest Territories     Greenland
Map indicating the Gulf of Boothia, Nunavut, Canada.     Nunavut     Northwest Territories     Greenland

The Gulf of Boothia (70°40′N, 91°0′W) is a body of water in Nunavut, Canada lying between Baffin Island and the Boothia Peninsula. It is bounded by the Melville Peninsula and the Canadian mainland to the south; to the north it leads into Prince Regent Inlet and Lancaster Sound. It was named by the Scottish explorer John Ross for Englishman Sir Felix Booth, the patron of his second expedition in search of the Northwest Passage.

[edit] Further reading

  • Barber, D. G., and J. Iacozza. 2004. "Historical Analysis of Sea Ice Conditions in M'Clintock Channel and the Gulf of Boothia, Nunavut: Implications for Ringed Seal and Polar Bear Habitat". Arctic. 57: 1-14.
  • Collin, A. E. An Oceanographic Study of Prince Regent Inlet, the Gulf of Boothia and Adjacent Waters. [S.l.]: Atlantic Oceanographic Group, 1958.
  • Markham, Albert Hastings, and Sherard Osborn. A Whaling Cruise to Baffin's Bay and the Gulf of Boothia. And an Account of the Rescue of the the Crew of the "Polaris.". London: S. Low, Marston, Low, and Searle, 1875.


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