Gulf of Boothia

Not to be confused with Gulf of Bothnia.

Gulf of Boothia
Gulf of Boothia Location of Gulf of Boothia in Nunavut
Location	Kitikmeot and Qikiqtaaluk Regions, Nunavut, Canada
Coordinates	70°40′N 91°00′W[1]
Ocean/sea sources	Arctic
Basin countries	Canada

Map indicating the Gulf of Boothia, Nunavut, Canada.

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The Gulf of Boothia /ˈbuːθiə/ 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] On the west side of the gulf at 70°18′N 91°42′W^[2], north of Pelly Bay and Thom Bay, is Eden Bay, which should not be confused with a bay of the same name in the Qikiqtaaluk Region.

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.^[3][4]

References

1. "Gulf of Boothia". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
2. "Gulf of Boothia". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
3. Collin, AE (30 April 1958). An Oceanographic Study of Prince Regent Inlet, the Gulf of Boothia and Adjacent Waters (PDF) (Report). Fisheries Research Board of Canada.
4. Finlayson, Douglas (15 December 2013). "Gulf of Boothia". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Historica Canada.

Further reading

• Barber, D.G.; Iacozza, J. (March 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): 1–14. doi:10.14430/arctic478.
• Markham, Albert Hastings; Osborn, Sherard (1874). A Whaling Cruise to Baffin's Bay and the Gulf of Boothia. And an Account of the Rescue of the Crew of the "Polaris". London: S. Low, Marston, Low, and Searle.