Boothia Peninsula

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Boothia Peninsula is a large, remote landmass in northern Canada’s Nunavut territory, known as the northernmost point of mainland North America and its location within the Arctic Archipelago.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Boothia Peninsula canonical 12
Boothia Peninsula Arctic expeditions 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cape ⓘ
geographical feature ⓘ
peninsula ⓘ
person ⓘ
strait ⓘ
adjacentTo King William Island ⓘ
Melville Peninsula ⓘ
Somerset Island ⓘ
borderedBy Committee Bay ⓘ
Gulf of Boothia ⓘ
Prince Regent Inlet ⓘ
characterizedAs remote ⓘ
sparsely populated ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
hasClaimToFame northernmost point of mainland North America ⓘ
hasDistinction northernmost point of mainland North America ⓘ
hasHistoricalEvent searches for Northwest Passage ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance Arctic exploration ⓘ
hasIndigenousInhabitants Inuit ⓘ
hasNearbyFeature Magnetic North Pole (historical position) ⓘ
linked to: Magnetic North Pole
hasNearbyWaterBody Bellot Strait ⓘ
Committee Bay ⓘ
Gulf of Boothia ⓘ
Prince Regent Inlet ⓘ
hasPoint Murchison Promontory ⓘ
hasWildlife Arctic fox ⓘ
caribou ⓘ
migratory birds ⓘ
polar bear ⓘ
seals ⓘ
knownFor sponsoring Arctic exploration ⓘ
locatedIn Arctic Archipelago ⓘ
Nunavut ⓘ
northern Canada ⓘ
linked to: Northern Canada
locatedInClimateZone Arctic ⓘ
linked to: Arctic region
locatedOn Boothia Peninsula ⓘ
namedAfter Felix Booth ⓘ
occupation distiller ⓘ
partOf Kitikmeot Region ⓘ
separatedBy Bellot Strait ⓘ
separatedFrom Somerset Island ⓘ
separates Boothia Peninsula ⓘ
Somerset Island ⓘ
terrainType rocky ⓘ
tundra ⓘ
usedFor traditional Inuit fishing ⓘ
traditional Inuit hunting ⓘ
traditional Inuit trapping ⓘ
vegetationType Arctic tundra ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gulf of Boothia → borderedBy → Boothia Peninsula ⓘ
James Clark Ross → participatedIn → Boothia Peninsula Arctic expeditions ⓘ
linked to: Boothia Peninsula
James Ross Strait → separates → Boothia Peninsula ⓘ
James Ross Strait → locatedWestOf → Boothia Peninsula ⓘ
Sir John Rae → explored → Boothia Peninsula ⓘ
King William Island → separatedFrom → Boothia Peninsula ⓘ
John Ross (explorer) → ledExpeditionTo → Boothia Peninsula ⓘ
Prince Regent Inlet → separates → Boothia Peninsula ⓘ
Prince Regent Inlet → hasCoastlineOn → Boothia Peninsula ⓘ
Prince Regent Inlet → locatedEastOf → Boothia Peninsula ⓘ
Committee Bay → locatedEastOf → Boothia Peninsula ⓘ
Murchison Promontory → locatedOn → Boothia Peninsula ⓘ
subject linked to: Boothia Peninsula
Bellot Strait → separates → Boothia Peninsula ⓘ
subject linked to: Boothia Peninsula