Boothia
| Boothia Peninsula | ||
 Boothia and Melville Peninsulas , Nunavut, Canada |
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| Coordinates | 70 ° N , 94 ° W | |
| Waters 1 | Bellot Strait , Gulf of Boothia | |
| Waters 2 | Franklin Strait , McClintock Channel , James Ross Strait , St. Roch Basin , Rae Strait , Rasmussen Basin | |
| length | 525 km | |
| width | 199 km | |
| surface | 50,000 km² | |
Boothia ( English Boothia Peninsula , originally Boothia Felix ) is the northernmost peninsula of mainland Canada . The north cape of the peninsula, Zenith Point , is the northernmost point of mainland North America. The peninsula has an area of about 50,000 km² and 809 inhabitants (mostly Inuit ). The main town and only town is Taloyoak (formerly Spence Bay). In 1948, Ikpik (Thom Bay) was founded 60 kilometers further north, but soon abandoned. Boothia is mainly made up of Precambrian rock and is up to 573 m high; in the east and west are flat tundra ,Frost rubble and rocky areas predominate. The peninsula was discovered from 1829 to 1833 by John Ross , who named it after his friend Felix Booth (1775-1850), who had given the funds for the expedition. On Boothia Felix, the magnetic pole of the northern hemisphere was established by James Clark Ross in 1831 , which has been moving rapidly towards Siberia since 1990 and reached almost 84 ° north latitude in 2007.
The only two kilometers wide Bellot Strait separates the peninsula from Somerset Island , which is adjacent to the north . In the south of the peninsula is its narrowest point - the Boothia Isthmus . To the east is the Gulf of Boothia , to the west are the Franklin Strait , the McClintock Channel , the James Ross Strait , and St. Roch Basin , Rae Strait and Rasmussen Basin .
literature
- Meyers-Konversations-Lexikon. An encyclopedia of general knowledge , 3rd ed., Volume. 3, Publishing House of the Bibliographical Institute, Leipzig 1874.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Catholic Mission to the Inuit ( Memento of the original from May 28, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English), accessed June 14, 2013
- ↑ LR Newitt, A. Chulliat, J.-J. Orgeval: Location of the North Magnetic Pole in April 2007 . In: Earth Planets Space 61, 2009, pp. 703-710
