Boothia

[ boo-thee-uh ]

/ ˈbu θi ə /

a peninsula in N Canada: the northernmost part of the mainland of North America; former location of the north magnetic pole.

Gulf of, a gulf between this peninsula and Baffin Island.

Example sentences from the Web for boothia

All the probabilities were, therefore, in favour of the Russian squadron getting to Boothia Land first.

The World Masters |George Griffith
Are we going to the launching base at Boothia, where the manned rockets go up?

The Secret of the Ninth Planet |Donald Allen Wollheim
The rest of the month he devoted to the exploration of Boothia.

Celebrated Travels and Travellers |Jules Verne
It was not till May that a journey across the land of Boothia to the west coast was possible.

A Book of Discovery |Margaret Bertha (M. B.) Synge

The Isthmus of Boothia is crossed by the two chains of lakes discovered by Ross.

The Central Eskimo |Franz Boas