Edinburgh Island

{{Short description|Island in Nunavut, Canada}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox islands | name = Edinburgh Island | image_name = Edinburgh Island NWT.jpg | image_caption = Looking south on Edinburgh Island | image_size = | pushpin_map = Canada Nunavut#Canada | native_name = | native_name_link = Inuktitut | nickname = | location = [[Coronation Gulf]] | coordinates = {{coord|68|31|N|110|51|W|region:CA-NU_type:isle|notes=<ref>{{Cite cgndb|OAEXN|Edinburgh Island}}</ref>|display=inline,title|name=Edinburgh Island}} | archipelago = [[Arctic Archipelago]] | total_islands = | major_islands = | area_km2 = | highest_mount = | elevation_m = | country = Canada | country_admin_divisions_title = [[Provinces and territories of Canada|Territory]] | country_admin_divisions = [[Nunavut]] | country_admin_divisions_title_1 = [[Regions of Nunavut|Region]] | country_admin_divisions_1 = [[Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut|Kitikmeot]] | country_admin_divisions_title_2 = | country_admin_divisions_2 = | country_capital_city = | country_largest_city = | country_largest_city_population = | country_leader_title = | country_leader_name = | population = Uninhabited | population_as_of = | density_km2 = | ethnic_groups = | additional_info = }} [[File:Edinburgh Island NWT 2.jpg|thumb|North Warning site PIN-DA on Edinburgh Island]] '''Edinburgh Island''' is an island located within [[Coronation Gulf]], south of [[Victoria Island]], in the [[Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut|Kitikmeot Region]], [[Nunavut]], Canada. It is approximately {{cvt|103|m}} [[Above mean sea level|above sea level]].<ref name="geonames">{{cite web|url=http://www.geonames.org/5946718/edinburgh-island.html|title=Edinburgh Island ca. 103 m|publisher=geonames.org|access-date=2009-03-17}}</ref>

Other islands in the vicinity include [[Doak Island]], [[Bate Islands]], [[Outpost Islands]], [[Richardson Islands]], [[Sesqui Islands]], and [[Sisters Islands (Nunavut)|Sisters Islands]].<ref name="travelingluck">{{cite web|url=http://travelingluck.com/North+America/Canada/Nunavut/_5946718_Edinburgh+Island.html#local_map|title=Edinburgh Island|publisher=travelingluck.com|access-date=2009-03-17}}</ref>

Edinburgh Island, PIN-DA,<ref name="ceaa">{{cite web|url=http://www.ceaa.gc.ca/default.asp?lang=En&n=2B7B73EE-1&toc=show&offset=12 |title=Projects and Communities in the Database |publisher=ceaa.gc.ca |access-date=2009-03-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706181649/http://www.ceaa.gc.ca/default.asp?lang=En&n=2B7B73EE-1&toc=show&offset=12 |archive-date=2011-07-06 }}</ref> is a former [[Distant Early Warning Line]] and a current [[North Warning System]] site.

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[[Category:Islands of Coronation Gulf]] [[Category:Uninhabited islands of the Kitikmeot Region]] [[Category:Former populated places in the Kitikmeot Region]]