Eglinton Island

{{Short description|Uninhabited island in the Northwest Territories, Canada}}

{{about|the island|the fjord|Eglinton Fjord}}

{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}

{{Infobox islands

| name = Eglinton Island

| image_name = EglintonIslandCloseup.png

| image_caption = Closeup of Eglinton Island

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| map_image = Eglintonisland.png

| map_caption = Eglinton Island, Northwest Territories

| pushpin_map = Canada Northwest Territories#Canada

| pushpin_map_caption = Location in the Northwest Territories##Location in Canada

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| native_name_link = Inuktitut

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| location = Northern Canada

| coordinates = {{coord|75|46|N|118|27|W|region:CA-NT_type:isle_scale:500000|display=inline,title|name=Eglinton Island}}

| archipelago = Queen Elizabeth Islands
Arctic Archipelago

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| area_km2 = 1541

| length_km = 73

| width_km = 44

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| country = Canada

| country_admin_divisions_title = Territory

| country_admin_divisions = Northwest Territories

| population = Uninhabited

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Eglinton Island 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 {{cvt|1541|km2}} in size, {{convert|73|km|mi}} long and {{cvt|44|km}} 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.{{Cite web|url= https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2016/bcp-pco/Z1-1975-2-eng.pdf|title= Information archivée dans le Web}}{{Cite web|url= https://www.researchgate.net/publication/256995906}}

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.{{cite book

| last = M'Dougall

| first = George F.

| title = 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

| publisher = Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts

| year = 1857

| location = London

| url = https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_Bm4SAAAAYAAJ_2| page = [https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_Bm4SAAAAYAAJ_2/page/n501 452]

| quote = The Eventful Voyages of HMS Resolute.

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