McGary Islands
The McGary Islands is a small coastal island group in Avannaata municipality, off NW Greenland.[1]
  McGary Islands | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Kane Basin |
| Coordinates | 79.206944°N 65.923611°W |
| Administration | |
| Municipality | Avannaata |
| Demographics | |
| Population | uninhabited |
The islands are named after James McGary of the Second Grinnell Expedition.[2] They are a breeding ground for the common eider.
Geography
The McGary Islands are a cluster of coastal islands, islets and rocks at the southern end of Peabody Bay about 6 km off Cape Agassiz and off the southern end of the Humboldt Glacier. The islands are small and are located close to the shore of Inglefield Land, 15 km to the NE of the Bonsall Islands.[3]
See also
References
- "1:1,000,000 scale Operational Navigation Chart, Sheet B-8, 3rd edition".
- Kane, Elisha Kent (1857). The United States Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin. Boston: Phillips, Sampson & Co.
- Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 88
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