Width 44 km (27.3 mi) Population Uninhabited | Length 73 km (45.4 mi) Area 1,541 km² | |
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Island groups Canadian Arctic Archipelago, Queen Elizabeth Islands | ||
Eglinton Island an uninhabited island of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago in the Northwest Territories, Canada. Eglinton is one of the Queen Elizabeth Islands. Located at 75°48'N 118°30'W, it measures 1,541 km2 (595 sq mi) in size, 73 kilometres (45 mi) long and 44 kilometres (27 mi) wide in measurements. It lies on the north side of the M'Clure Strait, just south of the much larger Prince Patrick Island and is uninhabited with no known human activity.
Map of Eglinton Island, Inuvik, Unorganized, NT, Canada
The first European sighting of Eglinton Island was in 1853 by George Mecham, and explored by him and Francis Leopold McClintock in the spring of that year.
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