# Edinburgh Island > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Edinburgh_Island > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Edinburgh_Island.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edinburgh_Island > Source revision: 1334330923 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Island in Nunavut, Canada Edinburgh Island Looking south on Edinburgh Island Edinburgh Island Show map of Nunavut Edinburgh Island Show map of Canada Geography Location Coronation Gulf Coordinates 68°31′N 110°51′W / 68.517°N 110.850°W / 68.517; -110.850 (Edinburgh Island)[1] Archipelago Arctic Archipelago Administration Canada Territory Nunavut Region Kitikmeot Demographics Population Uninhabited North Warning site PIN-DA on Edinburgh Island **Edinburgh Island** is an island located within [Coronation Gulf](/source/Coronation_Gulf), south of [Victoria Island](/source/Victoria_Island), in the [Kitikmeot Region](/source/Kitikmeot_Region%2C_Nunavut), [Nunavut](/source/Nunavut), Canada. It is approximately 103 m (338 ft) [above sea level](/source/Above_mean_sea_level).[2] Other islands in the vicinity include [Doak Island](/source/Doak_Island), [Bate Islands](/source/Bate_Islands), [Outpost Islands](/source/Outpost_Islands), [Richardson Islands](/source/Richardson_Islands), [Sesqui Islands](/source/Sesqui_Islands), and [Sisters Islands](/source/Sisters_Islands_(Nunavut)).[3] Edinburgh Island, PIN-DA,[4] is a former [Distant Early Warning Line](/source/Distant_Early_Warning_Line) and a current [North Warning System](/source/North_Warning_System) site. ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Edinburgh Island"](https://geonames.nrcan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique?id=OAEXN). *[Geographical Names Data Base](/source/GeoBase_(geospatial_data)#Geographical_Names_Data_Base)*. [Natural Resources Canada](/source/Natural_Resources_Canada). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-geonames_2-0)** ["Edinburgh Island ca. 103 m"](http://www.geonames.org/5946718/edinburgh-island.html). geonames.org. Retrieved 2009-03-17. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-travelingluck_3-0)** ["Edinburgh Island"](http://travelingluck.com/North+America/Canada/Nunavut/_5946718_Edinburgh+Island.html#local_map). travelingluck.com. Retrieved 2009-03-17. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-ceaa_4-0)** ["Projects and Communities in the Database"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110706181649/http://www.ceaa.gc.ca/default.asp?lang=En&n=2B7B73EE-1&toc=show&offset=12). ceaa.gc.ca. Archived from [the original](http://www.ceaa.gc.ca/default.asp?lang=En&n=2B7B73EE-1&toc=show&offset=12) on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2009-03-17. v t e Islands of the Kitikmeot Region Beverly Bryde Clarence De la Roquette Dixon Finlayson Gibson Hay Hobday Hovgaard Keith King William Little Camping Matty Minto Montreal O'Reilly Prince of Wales Putulik Qikiqtagafaaluk Qikiqtaryuaq Qikiqtaryuaq (Queen Maud Gulf) Royal Geographical Society Stefansson Sutton Tasmania Tennent Umingmalik Victoria Winter Islands of Bathurst Inlet Algaq Aupilaktuq Barry Chapman Galena Iqalulialuk Igluhugyuk Marcet North Quadyuk Patsy Klengenberg Qannuyak Qannuyak (Barry Islands) Qikiqtaryuaq (Bathurst Inlet) Quadyuk Shoe Stockport Triple Walrus Wignick Islands of Coronation Gulf Aiyohok Akvitlak Anchor Bate Berens Black Berry Blaze Cockburn Couper Deadman Doak Duke of York Edinburgh Haodlon Hatoayok Hepburn Hokagon Home Ivuniryuaq Jameson Kabviukvik Kigirktaryuk Kitaagunnaat Kingak Lawford Leo Mangak Miles Nakahungaqtuaryuit Nallukatarvik Nanortut Nanukton Nattiqtuut Nauyan Nichols Onitkok Outcast Porden Richardson Sesqui Seven Mile Sir Graham Moore Sisters Takhoalok Ungiiviit Islands of the Gulf of Boothia Astronomical Society Copeland Harrison Hecla and Fury Helen Lady Parry Martin Pouncet Somerset Susanna Wales Islands in italics are inhabited. See also Canadian Arctic Archipelago, Islands of the Kivalliq Region, Islands of the Qikiqtaaluk Region v t e Subdivisions of Nunavut Regions Kitikmeot (Unorganized) Kivalliq (Unorganized) Qikiqtaaluk (Unorganized) Electoral districts Federal Nunavut Territorial Aggu Aivilik Amittuq Arviat North-Whale Cove Arviat South Baker Lake Cambridge Bay Gjoa Haven Hudson Bay Iqaluit-Manirajak Iqaluit-Niaqunnguu Iqaluit-Sinaa Iqaluit-Tasiluk Kugluktuk Netsilik Pangnirtung Quttiktuq Rankin Inlet North-Chesterfield Inlet Rankin Inlet South South Baffin Tununiq Uqqummiut Communities Arctic Bay Arviat Baker Lake Bathurst Inlet Cambridge Bay Chesterfield Inlet Clyde River Coral Harbour Gjoa Haven Grise Fiord Igloolik Iqaluit Apex Kimmirut Kinngait Kugaaruk Kugluktuk Naujaat Pangnirtung Pond Inlet Qikiqtarjuaq Rankin Inlet Resolute Sanikiluaq Sanirajak Taloyoak Whale Cove Weather stations and Canadian Armed Forces bases Alert CFS Alert Ennadai Eureka Isachsen Nanisivik Naval Facility Mine sites Operating Baffinland Iron Mine Doris North Meadowbank Gold Mine Defunct Bent Horn Mine Cullaton Lake/Shear Lake Mine Jericho Diamond Mine Lupin Mine Nanisivik Mine Polaris mine Rankin Inlet Mine DEW line and NWS sites Bernard Harbour Bray Island Brevoort Island Broughton Island Byron Bay Cambridge Bay Cape Dyer Cape Hooper Cape Mcloughlin Cape Mercy Cape Peel West Cape Young Clifton Point Clinton Point Croker River Dewar Lakes Durban Island Edinburgh Island Ekalugad Gjoa Haven Gladman Point Harding River Hat Island Kangok Fjord Keats Point Keith Bay Kivitoo Lady Franklin Point Lailor River Loks Land Longstaff Bluff Mackar Inlet Matheson Point Nudluardjuk Lake Pelly Bay Qikiqtaryuaq Resolution Island Ross Point Rowley Island Sanirajak Scarpa Lake Shepherd Bay Simpson Lake Sturt Point Former Amadjuak Brooman Point Village Craig Harbour Dundas Harbour Iglunga Killiniq Nanisivik Native Point Nuwata Padlei Port Leopold Tavani Hudson's Bay Company trading posts Amadjuak Apex Arctic Bay Baker Lake Bathurst Inlet Bay Chimo Belcher Islands Blacklead Island Cambridge Bay Cape Dorset Charlton Island Depot Chesterfield Inlet Clyde River Coats Island Dundas Harbour Eskimo Point Fort Hearne Fort Ross Frobisher Bay Gjoa Haven Igloolik Kent Peninsula King William Island Kugaryuak Lake Harbour Mansel Island Nueltin House Padley Pangnirtung Pangnirtung Fox Farm Perry River Ponds Inlet Port Burwell Port Leopold Repulse Bay Southampton Island Tavane Tree River Wager Inlet This article related to an island or group of islands in Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut is a stub. 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