Meighen Island
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island, arctic
Meighen Island is an uninhabited member of the Queen Elizabeth Islands, part of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. Located at 79°55'N 99°30'W, it measures 955 km2 (369 sq mi) in size and is topped with an ice cap. The island is continuously icebound, and its northwestern coast faces onto the open Arctic Ocean. Unlike many Canadian Arctic islands, no traces of Inuit or Thule camps have been found, suggesting the island has never been occupied, and this is likely due to its extreme northern latitude. The first known sighting of the island was in 1916, during the Canadian Arctic Expedition by Vilhjalmur Stefansson.
Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meighen_Island
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Coordinates: 79°59'21"N 99°28'11"W
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