Brock Island
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 Brock Island, Northwest Territories |
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| Location | Northern Canada |
| Coordinates | 77°51′N 114°27′W / 77.85°N 114.45°WCoordinates: 77°51′N 114°27′W / 77.85°N 114.45°W |
| Archipelago | Queen Elizabeth Islands Canadian Arctic Archipelago |
| Area | 764 km2 (295 sq mi) |
| Length | 41 km (25 mi) |
| Width | 39 km (24 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 was by Vilhjalmur Stefansson in 1915.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ Stefansson, Vilhjalmur (1922). The Friendly Arctic: The Story of Five Years in Polar Regions. New York: Macmillan. http://books.google.com/books?id=BTUbAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false.
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