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Brock Island

755 km² of land in the Northwest Passage.

When to go

Brock Island seen from space, cut out from the sea (Sentinel-2)
N 5 km

Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX (CC BY 4.0). Outline and points © OpenStreetMap contributors / Natural Earth. North up.

In numbers

755km²

Area

226km

Coastline

80m

Highest point

0

People

-1°C

Warmest sea

July

771km

To the mainland

When to go to Brock Island

Best to visit from December to April.

The sea is warmest in July (-1 °C) and coolest in January (-2 °C). The water never reaches 21 °C: bring a wetsuit.

Sea temperature (the water level) Air: night low to afternoon high Wet days Best months

Averages 1991–2020. Sea: NOAA OISST, the water within 35 km of the coast. Air, rain and sun: NASA POWER. Best months weigh warm afternoons (23–30 °C), sea of 24 °C or more and few wet days.

Island in the Northwest Territories, Canada

Brock Island is an island in Canada. It covers 755 km², with 226 km of coastline. Its highest point rises to 80 m. Nobody lives on it. The nearest mainland is 771 km away.

Read more on Wikipedia

Getting there

  • 771 km from the mainlanddistance to the nearest continental coast
  • From December to Aprilbest months to go (from 30 years of averages)

Plan the trip

Ferries, stays and things to do

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The shape of the land.

On average the island stands 20 m above the sea. 100 % of it is below 200 m.

  • 94 %0–50 m
  • 6 %50–200 m

Share of the island's area in each altitude band, from the Copernicus DEM (30 m, read at 30–240 m on large islands).

Size, for real

Next to islands you may know.

Brock Island755 km²
Madeira Island742 km²
Tenerife2,038 km²

20 km

All outlines drawn to the same scale (Natural Earth and OpenStreetMap).

Month by month

The weather on the island.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Afternoon high (°C)-24-25-24-16-6121-5-13-18-22
Night low (°C)-28-30-28-20-9-20-1-8-16-22-26
Sea (°C)-2-2-2-2-2-1-1-1-1-2-2-2
Rain (mm)151315151727404133251816
Wet days3344579129763
Sun h/day—1.46.313.114.413.011.16.85.41.4——
Wind (km/h)222121201717171718192022

Averages 1991–2020 for the ~55 km NASA POWER cell over the island; the sea from NOAA OISST.

Recent years

Warmer and cooler years at sea.

Each month's sea temperature compared with its 1991–2020 average, in degrees.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2020±0.0±0.0±0.0±0.0−0.1−0.4−0.8−0.8−0.5−0.2±0.0±0.0
2021±0.0±0.0±0.0±0.0−0.1−0.4−0.9−0.8−0.6−0.2±0.0±0.0
2022±0.0±0.0±0.0±0.0−0.1−0.4−0.9−0.8−0.5−0.2±0.0±0.0
2023±0.0±0.0±0.0±0.0−0.1−0.4−0.9−0.7−0.5−0.1±0.0±0.0
2024±0.0±0.0±0.0±0.0−0.1−0.3−0.9−0.8−0.5−0.1±0.0±0.0
2025±0.0±0.0+0.1+0.1±0.0−0.2−0.8−0.7−0.4±0.0+0.1+0.1

+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual

About these numbers

Names, area, populationWikidata (Q541712) · CC0
Outline© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1 · 1991–2020
ClimateNASA POWER · 1991–2020
Relief, 3D modelCopernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Beaches, ports, lighthouses, trails© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
TownsGeoNames · CC BY 4.0
ImagesEOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

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