John Murray Island

John Murray Island, Danish John Murray Ø, is an uninhabited island in the far north of Greenland, in the Northeast Greenland National Park area.

John Murray Island
Native name:
John Murray Ø
Satellite image of the northern end of Greenland with John Murray Island centre left.
Map of John Murray Island
John Murray Island is located in Greenland
John Murray Island
John Murray Island
Location of John Murray Island in Greenland
Geography
LocationLincoln Sea
Coordinates82°46′N 48°42′W
Adjacent toArctic Ocean
Area143 km2 (55 sq mi)
Area rankTop 50 largest in Greenland
Coastline47 km (29.2 mi)
Highest elevation799 m (2621 ft)
Administration
MunicipalityNortheast Greenland National Park
Demographics
Population0 (2022)
Pop. density0/km2 (0/sq mi)
Ethnic groupsInuit

Geography

John Murray Island is located off the mouth of J.P. Koch Fjord in the Lincoln Sea, to the west of Sverdrup Island and to the north of Nares Land. The island has an area of 120.9 km ² and a shoreline of 43.1 kilometres.[1] Beaumont Island lies 20 km to the west of the western end of the island.[2]

Illustrations

Map of part of Ellesmere Island and far Northern Greenland.

See also

References

  1. "UNEP". Archived from the original on 2016-04-19. Retrieved 2010-07-13.
  2. "Beaumont Ø". Mapcarta. Retrieved 9 March 2019.


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