Borden Island

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Borden Island
Geography
Location Northern Canada
Coordinates 78°33′N 111°10′W / 78.55, -111.167Coordinates: 78°33′N 111°10′W / 78.55, -111.167
Archipelago Queen Elizabeth Islands
Canadian Arctic Archipelago
Area 2,795 km² (1,079 sq mi)


Administration
Flag of Canada Canada
Territory Nunavut;
Northwest Territories
Demographics
Population Uninhabited

Borden Island is an uninhabited, low-lying island in the Queen Elizabeth Islands of northern Canada. With an area of 2 795 km² (1,079 square miles) in size, it is the 172nd largest island in the world, and Canada's 30th largest island. It lies north of Mackenzie King Island and is similarly split between Northwest Territories and Nunavut.

It is named for former Prime Minister Robert Borden.

First reached by Europeans in 1916, it is sometimes described as two islands joined by ice, but is generally depicted as a single landmass.

[edit] Further reading

  • Geological Survey of Canada, John Adams, and Heather Penney. The 1956 June 3 Arctic Margin Earthquake Off Borden Island, Northwest Territories. Open file (Geological Survey of Canada), 2693. 1993.
Borden Island, shown at the northeast of the map.
Borden Island, shown at the northeast of the map.
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