Eglinton Island

This article is about the island. For the fjord, see Eglinton Fjord.

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°48'N 118°30'W, it measures 1,541 km² (595 sq mi) in size, 73 kilometres (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 methane gas drilling.^[1][2]

Eglinton Island

Closeup of Eglinton Island
Eglinton Island, Northwest Territories
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Geography
Location	Northern Canada
Coordinates	75°46′N 118°27′W
Archipelago	Queen Elizabeth Islands Arctic Archipelago
Area	1,541 km2 (595 sq mi)
Length	73 km (45.4 mi)
Width	44 km (27.3 mi)
Administration
Canada
Territory	Northwest Territories
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited

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.^[3]

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  Terra/MODIS satellite image of Eglinton Island
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  Map including Eglinton Island