Geography
Murchison Promontory is situated in Nunavut on the northern part of the Boothia Peninsula in the northern Canadian Arctic. The northernmost point on the promontory is Zenith Point with coordinates 72°00′00″N 94°38′59″W / 72°N 94.64972°W / 72; -94.64972 (Zenith Point (Murchison Promontory)).
The cape is located on the south side of the, 48 by 3 km (30 by 1.9 mi), Bellot Strait which separates it from Somerset Island and roughly about 250 km (160 mi) north of the hamlet of Taloyoak.
Murchison Promontory is part of the Kitikmeot Region (Qitirmiut).
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