Eight Bears Island

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Eight Bears Island
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Eight Bears Island
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Eight Bears Island
Geography
Location Northern Canada
Coordinates 77°6′2″N113°22′10″W / 77.10056°N 113.36944°W / 77.10056; -113.36944 (Eight Bears Island)
Archipelago Queen Elizabeth Islands
Arctic Archipelago
Administration
Canada
Territory Northwest Territories
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

Eight Bears Island is an island of the 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 halfway between Mackenzie King Island (to the north-east) and Emerald Isle (to the south-west).