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    Eglinton Island

    75°49′N 118°23′W

    Eglinton Island is an uninhabited island of the Arctic Archipelago in the Northwest Territories, Canada. Eglinton is one of the Queen Elizabeth Islands. 18 sq mi) in size, 73 km (45 mi) long and 44 km (27 mi) wide in measurements.

    75°49′N 118°23′W

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    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, it measures 1,538.91 km2 (594.18 sq mi) in size, 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. 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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    Also in Queen Elizabeth Islands

    Also in Canadian Arctic

    Also in Parry Islands

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    • Geometry, areas and high points: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Copernicus GLO-30, via Talus.
    • Talus
    • Wikidata
    • Wikipedia