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Revision as of 14:29, 14 December 2008
Murchison Promontory on Boothia Peninsula is the northernmost point on mainland Canada, as well as North America at 71°59′55″N 94°32′45″W / 71.99861°N 94.54583°W. The distance to the North Pole is 2014 km (1251 mi / 1087 nm), or 64 km less than the distance from Point Barrow, Alaska to the Pole.
Located in the northern Canadian Arctic and a part of the Nunavut territory, Murchison Promontory is separated from Somerset Island by the 2 km Bellot Strait.
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