Bellot Strait

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Bellot Strait
Bellot Strait viewed from its western end
Bellot Strait Location of the strait in Nunavut Show map of Nunavut Bellot Strait Bellot Strait (Canada) Show map of Canada
Coordinates	72°00′N 94°45′W / 72.000°N 94.750°W / 72.000; -94.750
Type	Strait
Etymology	Named after Joseph René Bellot
Max. length	25 km (16 mi)
Max. width	2 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.