Brock Island is one of the uninhabited 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]
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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) |
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Territory | Northwest Territories |
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Population | Uninhabited |
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