Eglinton Island
 Closeup of Eglinton Island | |
 Eglinton Island, Northwest Territories | |
  Location in the Northwest Territories  Location in Canada | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Northern Canada |
| Coordinates | 75°46′N 118°27′W / 75.767°N 118.450°W |
| Archipelago | Queen Elizabeth Islands Arctic Archipelago |
| Area | 1,538.91 km2 (594.18 sq mi) (2026)[1][2] |
| Area rank | 39th in Canada & 254th worldwide |
| Length | 73 km (45.4 mi) |
| Width | 44 km (27.3 mi) |
| Administration | |
Canada | |
| Territory | Northwest Territories |
| Demographics | |
| Population | Uninhabited |
Eglinton Island is an uninhabited island of the Arctic Archipelago in the Northwest Territories, Canada. Eglinton is one of the Queen Elizabeth Islands. Located at 75°46′N 118°27′W / 75.767°N 118.450°W, it measures 1,538.91 km2 (594.18 sq mi) in size,[1][2] 73 km (45 mi) long and 44 km (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 some human activity in the 1970s in the form of natural gas drilling.[3][4] 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.[5]
Image gallery
Terra/MODIS satellite image of Eglinton Island
Map including Eglinton Island
References
- 1 2 "Global Islands (USGS, ESRI, UNEP-WCMC)". 16 March 2026. Retrieved 19 July 2026.
- 1 2 "Global Islands (USGS, ESRI, UNEP-WCMC) - USGSEsriWCMC GlobalIslandsv3 BigIslands". 16 March 2026. Retrieved 22 July 2026.
- ↑ "Information archivée dans le Web" (PDF).
- ↑ "The Arctic Islands Adventure and Panarctic Oils Ltd".
- ↑ M'Dougall, George F. (1857). The eventful voyage of H.M. discovery ship "Resolute" to the Arctic regions, in search of Sir John Franklin and the missing crews of H.M. discovery ships "Erebus" and "Terror," 1852, 1853, 1854. London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts. p. 452.
The Eventful Voyages of HMS Resolute.