| Griffith Island | |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada Nunavut#Canada |
| Native Name Link: | Inuktitut |
| Location: | Northern Canada |
| Coordinates: | 74.5833°N -125°W |
| Archipelago: | Queen Elizabeth Islands Arctic Archipelago |
| Area Km2: | 189 |
| Country: | Canada |
| Country Admin Divisions Title: | Territory |
| Country Admin Divisions: | Nunavut |
| Country Admin Divisions Title 1: | Qikiqtaaluk Region |
| Population: | Uninhabited |
Griffith Island lies within the Arctic Archipelago in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of northern Canada's territory of Nunavut. It is one of the mid-channel islands in the western sector of Barrow Strait.[1]
Griffith Island lies directly across from the Inuit hamlet Resolute on Cornwallis Island, separated by the 6.5miles wide Resolute Passage.[2]
Captain Horatio Austin, on board the ship Resolute and seeking the lost Sir John Franklin expedition, wintered off Griffith Island in 1851. Explorations that winter by second master, George F. McDougall, included McDougall Sound, the waterway to the north of Griffith Island.[3]
Griffith Island is 18kmby11kmkm (11milesby07mileskm),[4] and 189km2 in area.[5]
Since 1958, the southeast coast of Griffith Island has experienced uncommon change, from discontinuous flying spits to continuous fringing barriers.[6]
On April 25, 2021, a Great Slave Helicopters owned helicopter that was surveying polar bear populations crashed on Griffith Island, killing all three on board.[7]