Boothia Peninsula

British  

/ ˈbuːθɪə /

noun

1. a peninsula of N Canada: the northernmost part of the mainland of North America, lying west of the Gulf of Boothia , an arm of the Arctic Ocean

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Example Sentences

The North Magnetic Pole is a point on the Boothia Peninsula of Canada's Northwest Territories, close to where the 96th-meridian of west longitude crosses the 71st parallel of north latitude.

From Time Magazine Archive

The next flight was to the North Magnetic Pole, believed to be somewhere in the Boothia Peninsula of far northern Canada.

From Time Magazine Archive

"True North" is the direction in which one points to the North Pole, but compass needles point in the direction of the magnetic pole, which is on the Boothia Peninsula in Northern Canada.

From Time Magazine Archive

This lies at the extreme northerly point of North America's mainland, 2,000 miles directly above Minneapolis, and separates Boothia Peninsula from Somerset Island.

From Time Magazine Archive

The north magnetic pole, toward which the north-seeking end of the compass needle points, has been located on the west side of Boothia Peninsula.

From Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania by Gilson, Jewett Castello