Brock Island
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Brock Island, Northwest Territories
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| Location | Northern Canada |
| Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Archipelago | Queen Elizabeth Islands Canadian Arctic Archipelago |
| Area | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). |
| Length | 41 km (25.5 mi) |
| Width | 39 km (24.2 mi) |
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Canada
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| Territory | Northwest Territories |
| Demographics | |
| Population | Uninhabited |
Brock Island is one of the uninhabited islands of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago located in the Northwest Territories, Canada. Located at 77°51'N 114°27'W, it measures 764 km2 (295 sq mi) in size and lies close to Mackenzie King Island. The first known sighting of the island by a European was by Vilhjalmur Stefansson in 1915 and was later named for Reginald W. Brock, Dean of Applied Science at the University of British Columbia.[1]
References
Terra MODIS satellite image of Brock Island (left) and Mackenzie King Island (center).
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External links
- Brock Island in the Atlas of Canada - Toporama; Natural Resources Canada
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