Eglinton Island

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name = Eglinton Island


image caption = Eglinton Island, Northwest Territories
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location = Northern Canada
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archipelago = Queen Elizabeth Islands
Canadian Arctic Archipelago
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area = convert|1541|km2|sqmi|abbr=on
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country = Canada
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Eglinton Island is one of the Canadian arctic islands in the Northwest Territories, Canada. Eglinton is one of the Queen Elizabeth Islands. Located at 75°48'N 118°30'W, it measures convert|1541|km2|sqmi|abbr=on in size. It lies on the north side of the McClure Strait, just south of the much larger Prince Patrick Island and is uninhabited with no known human activity.

Eglinton Island was discovered in 1853 by explorers Francis Leopold McClintock and George Mecham.

Conspiracy theorists claim that a UFO landed on the island on December 17, 1997.Fact|date=June 2007

References

* [http://www.arctic.uoguelph.ca/cpe/environments/maps/detailed/islands/prince_patrick.htm Eglinton Island] - Canada's Arctic