Located at 79°59′N 099°30′W / 79.983°N 99.500°W / 79.983; -99.500 (Meighen Island)[1], it measures 955 km2 (369 sq mi) in size and is topped with an ice cap.

The island is permanently icebound, and its northwestern coast faces onto the open Arctic Ocean.

The map and testimony of the Inuit in question were published in an article by Peary in the Chicago Daily Tribune.

[3] In 1916, Vilhjalmur Stefansson's Canadian Arctic Expedition sighted and landed on Meighen Island.

About 4 km (2.5 mi) to Meighen's north, across the Hose Strait, lies small crescent-shaped Perley Island.