Eight Bears Island

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Eight Bears Island
Geography
Location Northern Canada
Coordinates 77°6′2″N 113°22′10″W / 77.10056°N 113.36944°W / 77.10056; -113.36944 (Eight Bears Island)Coordinates: 77°6′2″N 113°22′10″W / 77.10056°N 113.36944°W / 77.10056; -113.36944 (Eight Bears Island)
Archipelago Queen Elizabeth Islands
Canadian Arctic Archipelago
Country
Canada
Territory  Northwest Territories
Demographics
Population Uninhabited

Eight Bears Island is an island of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, specifically of the Parry Islands subgroup of the Queen Elizabeth Islands. It belongs to the Northwest Territories, Canada. It lies just east of Fitzwilliam Owen Island, south-west of the Ballantyne Strait. It is roughly half-way between Mackenzie King Island (to the north-east) and Emerald Isle (to the south-west).

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