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Uninhabited island in the Northwest Territories, Canada From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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, Northwest Territories | |
  Brock Island  Brock Island | |
| 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 |
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