Sverdrup Island (Greenland)

Sverdrup Island (Danish: Sverdrup Ø) is an uninhabited island in the far north of Greenland, in the Northeast Greenland National Park area. It is named after Otto Sverdrup.

For the island in Russia, see Sverdrup Island (Kara Sea). For the archipelago in Canada, see Sverdrup Islands.
Sverdrup Island
Native name:
Sverdrup Ø
Satellite image of the northern end of Greenland with Sverdrup Island is centre left.
Map of Sverdrup Island
Sverdrup Island is located in Greenland
Sverdrup Island
Sverdrup Island
Location of Sverdrup Island in Greenland
Geography
LocationLincoln Sea
Coordinates82°54′N 46°36′W
Adjacent toArctic Ocean
Area436 km2 (168 sq mi)
Area rank20th largest in Greenland
Length28 km (17.4 mi)
Width20 km (12 mi)
Coastline130 km (81 mi)
Highest elevation1,317 m (4321 ft)
Administration
MunicipalityNortheast Greenland National Park
Demographics
Population0 (2022)
Pop. density0/km2 (0/sq mi)
Ethnic groupsInuit

Geography

Sverdrup Island is located west of Nansen Land, to the north of Freuchen Land off the mouth of J.P. Koch Fjord in the Lincoln Sea, and to the east of Elison Island and John Murray Island.[1] The island has an area of 436 km ² and a shoreline of 130 kilometres.[2]

Chipp Sound in the west separates Sverdrup Island from smaller Elison Island and Mascart Sound in the east separates it from Nansen Land. Lemming Fjord has its mouth in the NW side of the island and extends deeply southwards, almost cutting Sverdrup Island in two. The island is mountainous, with the highest summit rising to a height of 1,317 m.[3]

Map of part of Ellesmere Island and far Northern Greenland.

See also

References
  1. "Sverdrup Island". Mapcarta. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  2. UNEP
  3. Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 95


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