Eglinton Island an uninhabited island of the

Arctic Archipelago The Arctic Archipelago, also known as the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, is an archipelago lying to the north of the Canadian continental mainland, excluding Greenland (an autonomous territory of Denmark). Situated in the northern extremity of No ...

in the

Northwest Territories The Northwest Territories (abbreviated ''NT'' or ''NWT''; french: Territoires du Nord-Ouest, formerly ''North-Western Territory'' and ''North-West Territories'' and namely shortened as ''Northwest Territory'') is a federal territory of Canada. ...

, Canada. Eglinton is one of the

Queen Elizabeth Islands The Queen Elizabeth Islands (french: Îles de la Reine-Élisabeth; formerly Parry Islands or Parry Archipelago) are the northernmost cluster of islands in Canada's Arctic Archipelago, split between Nunavut and the Northwest Territories in Northe ...

. Located at 75°48'N 118°30'W, it measures in size, long and wide in measurements. It lies on the north side of the

M'Clure Strait The M'Clure Strait (sometimes rendered McClure Strait) is a strait on the edge of the Canadian Northwest Territories. It forms the northwestern end of the Parry Channel which extends east all the way to Baffin Bay and is thus a possible route for ...

, just south of the much larger

Prince Patrick Island A member of the Arctic Archipelago, Prince Patrick Island is the westernmost of the Queen Elizabeth Islands in the Northwest Territories of Canada, lying northwest of Melville Island. The area of Prince Patrick Island is , making it the 55th la ...

and is uninhabited with no known human activity. The first European sighting of Eglinton Island was in 1853 by

George Mecham George Frederick Mecham (14 November 1827 – 17 February 1858) was an Irish naval officer and explorer who participated in the search for Franklin's lost expedition. Life George Frederick Mecham was born in 1827 at Cove of Cork, Ireland ...

, and explored by him and

Francis Leopold McClintock Sir Francis Leopold McClintock (8 July 1819 – 17 November 1907) was an Irish explorer in the British Royal Navy, known for his discoveries in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. He confirmed explorer John Rae's controversial report gather ...

in the spring of that year.

Image gallery

Eglinton island.jpg, Terra/MODIS satellite image of Eglinton Island Operational Navigation Chart B-7, 5th edition.jpg, Map including Eglinton Island

References

Sources

Eglinton Island
- Canada's Arctic

External links

Eglinton Island in the Atlas of Canada - Toporama; Natural Resources Canada
{{Queen Elizabeth Islands Islands of the Queen Elizabeth Islands Uninhabited islands of the Northwest Territories