John Murray Island, Danish John Murray Ø, is an uninhabited island in the far north of
Greenland
Greenland ( kl, Kalaallit Nunaat, ; da, Grønland, ) is an island country in North America that is part of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is located between the Arctic and Atlantic oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Greenland i ...
, in the
Northeast Greenland National Park area.
Geography
John Murray Island is located off the mouth of
J.P. Koch Fjord in the
Lincoln Sea
Lincoln Sea (french: Mer de Lincoln; da, Lincolnhavet) is a body of water in the Arctic Ocean, stretching from Cape Columbia, Canada, in the west to Cape Morris Jesup, Greenland, in the east. The northern limit is defined as the great circle lin ...
, 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.
UNEP
/ref> Beaumont Island lies 20 km to the west of the western end of the island.
Illustrations
See also
* List of islands of Greenland
References
Uninhabited islands of Greenland
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