Melville Monument ( kl, Usuussarsuaq) is an
island
An island or isle is a piece of subcontinental land completely surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys. An island in a river or a lake island may be ...
in the
Avannaata
Avannaata (, da, Det Nordlige, lit=The Northern) is a municipality of Greenland created on 1 January 2018 from the bulk of the former Qaasuitsup municipality. It encompasses an area of 522,700 km2 and has 10,726 inhabitants.
Geography
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municipality, NW
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 ...
.
[''Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute,'' p. 200]
It was named "Melville Monument" by Arctic explorer
Sir John Ross
Sir John Ross (24 June 1777 – 30 August 1856) was a Scottish Royal Navy officer and polar explorer. He was the uncle of Sir James Clark Ross, who explored the Arctic with him, and later led expeditions to Antarctica.
Biography
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in July 1818.
The island is located in
Melville Bay
Melville Bay ( kl, Qimusseriarsuaq; da, Melville Bugt), is a large bay off the coast of northwestern Greenland. Located to the north of the Upernavik Archipelago, it opens to the south-west into Baffin Bay. Its Kalaallisut name, ''Qimusseriarsu ...
, separated from the coast by a narrow sound.
It is a peaked island, familiar to Arctic navigators, similar to
Kullorsuaq further south, but smaller.
Geographical Items on North Greenland Encyclopedia Arctica 14
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Literature
* Clements R. Markham, ''Life of Admiral Sir Leopold McClintock,''
T. C. Chamberlin, ''Glacial Studies in Greenland. III. Coast Glaciers between Disco Island and Inglefield Gulf''
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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
* Agg ...
References
External links
Seabird colonies in the Melville Bay, Northwest Greenland
Islands of Greenland
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