Bellot Strait

Bellot Strait
Bellot Strait viewed from its western end
Bellot Strait is located in Nunavut
Bellot Strait
Bellot Strait
Location of the strait in Nunavut
Bellot Strait is located in Canada
Bellot Strait
Bellot Strait
Bellot Strait (Canada)
Coordinates72°00′N 94°45′W / 72.000°N 94.750°W / 72.000; -94.750
TypeStrait
EtymologyNamed after Joseph René Bellot
Max. length25 km (16 mi)
Max. width2 km (1.2 mi)

Bellot Strait is a strait in Nunavut that separates Somerset Island to its north from the Murchison Promontory of Boothia Peninsula to its south, which is the northernmost part of the mainland of the Americas. The two-kilometre-wide (1.2 mi) and 25-kilometre-long (16 mi) strait connects the Gulf of Boothia, Prince Regent Inlet, and Brentford Bay to its east with Peel Sound and Franklin Strait to its west.