Brock Island

Brock Island is one of the uninhabited members of the Queen Elizabeth Islands of the 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 it was later named for Reginald W. Brock, Dean of Applied Science at the University of British Columbia.^[1]

Brock Island

Brock Island, Northwest Territories
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Geography
Location	Northern Canada
Coordinates	77°51′N 114°27′W
Archipelago	Queen Elizabeth Islands Arctic Archipelago
Area	764 km2 (295 sq mi)
Length	41 km (25.5 mi)
Width	39 km (24.2 mi)
Administration
Canada
Territory	Northwest Territories
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited

References

Terra MODIS satellite image of Brock Island (left) and Mackenzie King Island (centre).

1. Stefansson, Vilhjalmur (1922). The Friendly Arctic: The Story of Five Years in Polar Regions. New York: Macmillan.

External links

• Brock Island in the Atlas of Canada - Toporama; Natural Resources Canada