Lockwood Island ( da, Lockwood Ø) is an island of 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 line ...
,
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 is t ...
.
Administratively it belongs to the
Northeast Greenland National Park
Northeast Greenland National Park ( kl, Kalaallit Nunaanni nuna eqqissisimatitaq, da, Grønlands Nationalpark) is the world's largest national park and the 10th List of largest protected areas in the world, largest protected area (the only large ...
.
Lockwood Island is the northernmost sizeable coastal island of Greenland. The waters around the island are frozen the year round.
History
This island was named after U.S.
Arctic explorer James Booth Lockwood
James Booth Lockwood (October 9, 1852 – April 9, 1884) was a United States Army officer and arctic explorer.
Biography
Lockwood was born in Annapolis, Maryland, to Henry Hayes Lockwood and his wife Anna. He attended St. John's Coll ...
(1852-1884). Lockwood and Sgt.
David Legge Brainard
David Legge Brainard (December 21, 1856 – March 22, 1946) was a career officer in the United States Army. He enlisted in 1876, received his officer's commission in 1886, and served until 1919. Brainard attained the rank of brigadier genera ...
achieved a new "farthest north" record of 83°23'8" on the island at the time of
Greely's Lady Franklin Bay Expedition
*
The Lady Franklin Bay Expedition of 1881–1884 to Lady Franklin Bay on Ellesmere Island in the Canadian Arctic was led by Lieutenant Adolphus Greely, and was promoted by the United States Army Signal Corps. Its purpose was to establish a mete ...
.
Geography
Lockwood Island is located at the mouth of
Weyprecht Fjord
Weyprecht Fjord is a fjord in Peary Land, northern Greenland. To the northwest, the fjord opens into the Lincoln Sea of the Arctic Ocean. It is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park.
The fjord is named after Austro-Hungarian Arctic explor ...
, its western shore forming the eastern side of the area at the entrance of the fjord. On the eastern shore of the island broad
Conger Sound
Conger Sound ( da, Conger Sund), also known as Conger Inlet, is a fjord in Peary Land, far northern Greenland.Google Maps
The sound was first put on the map at the time of the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition led by Adolphus Greely. It was named afte ...
separates it from
Cape Kane
Cape Kane ( da, Kap Kane) is a headland in North Greenland. Administratively it belongs to the Northeast Greenland National Park.
Cape Kane was named after Arctic explorer Elisha Kent Kane (1820 – 1857) at the time that it was the nearest land ...
in
Roosevelt Land
Roosevelt Land ( da, Roosevelts Land) is a peninsula in far northern Greenland. It is a part of the Northeast Greenland National Park.Google Maps
The territory was named by Robert Peary after US President Theodore Roosevelt (1858 – 1919).
Ge ...
in the mainland whose northernmost point is
Cape Washington
Cape Washington is a prominent cape, , marking the south extremity of the cove which separates Wood Bay and Terra Nova Bay, in Victoria Land, Antarctica. It separates the Borchgrevink Coast to the north from the Scott Coast to the south. It was ...
to the east beyond
Hunt Fjord
Hunt Fjord is a fjord in Peary Land, northern Greenland. To the north the fjord has its mouth in the Lincoln Sea of the Arctic Ocean. Administratively it belongs to the Northeast Greenland National Park.
This fjord was named by Robert Peary in 19 ...
. The island rises to a height of at
Mount Schley.
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Cape Christiansen ( da, Kap Christiansen) is a headland in North Greenland. Administratively it belongs to the Northeast Greenland National Park.
Cape Christiansen was named after Frederick Thorlip Christiansen (1846 – 1884), Inughuit dogsled ...
is the headland at the northern end and small Brainard Island Brainard may refer to:
* 99928 Brainard, asteroid within Sol system
Places
* Brainard, California:
** Modern Brainard, California
** Early name of Bracut, California
* Hartford–Brainard Airport (in Hartford, Connecticut area), for small aircra ...
lies west of the island's western shore. The waters around Lockwood Island are icebound most of the year.[''Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute'', p. 95]
See also
*List of islands of Greenland
The following is an alphabetical list of the islands of Greenland. Many of these islands have both a Kalaallisut language name and a European language name.
Islands and archipelagoes
* Aaluik
* Aasiaat Archipelago
* Achton Friis Islands
* A ...
*Lady Franklin Bay Expedition
*
The Lady Franklin Bay Expedition of 1881–1884 to Lady Franklin Bay on Ellesmere Island in the Canadian Arctic was led by Lieutenant Adolphus Greely, and was promoted by the United States Army Signal Corps. Its purpose was to establish a mete ...
*Peary Land
Peary Land is a peninsula in northern Greenland, extending into the Arctic Ocean. It reaches from Victoria Fjord in the west to Independence Fjord in the south and southeast, and to the Arctic Ocean in the north, with Cape Morris Jesup, the north ...
References
External links
Ivar Haug, ''Gazetteer of Greenland''
UBiT (Universitetsbiblioteket i Trondheim),
Uninhabited islands of Greenland
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