The McGary Islands is a small coastal island group in
Avannaata municipality, off 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 i ...
.
The islands are named after James McGary of the
Second Grinnell Expedition. They are a breeding ground for the
common eider
The common eider (pronounced ) (''Somateria mollissima''), also called St. Cuthbert's duck or Cuddy's duck, is a large ( in body length) sea-duck that is distributed over the northern coasts of Europe, North America and eastern Siberia. It breed ...
.
Geography
The McGary Islands are a cluster of coastal islands, islets and rocks at the southern end of
Peabody Bay
Peabody Bay ( da, Peabody Bugt) is a large bay in northwestern Greenland. Administratively it is part of Avannaata municipality. Geography
Peabody Bay is located on the eastern side of the Kane Basin off the western end of the Humboldt Glacier.
C ...
about 6 km off
Cape Agassiz
Cape Agassiz is the east tip of Hollick-Kenyon Peninsula, a narrow ice-drowned spur extending east from the main mountain axis of the Antarctic Peninsula between Mobiloil Inlet and Revelle Inlet. The cape is the east end of a line from Cape Je ...
and off the southern end of the
Humboldt Glacier
Humboldt Glacier ( da, Humboldt Gletscher) is one of the major glaciers in northern Greenland.
The glacier is named after German naturalist Alexander von Humboldt and is the widest tidewater glacier in the Northern Hemisphere.
Geography
The Humb ...
. The islands are small and are located close to the shore of
Inglefield Land
Inglefield Land is an unglaciated area along the northwestern coast of Greenland. It was named after English explorer Edward Augustus Inglefield.
History
Inglefield Land is noted for its archaeological sites, which show evidence of occupation by ...
, 15 km to the NE of the
Bonsall Islands
The Bonsall Islands is a small coastal island cluster in the Avannaata municipality, off northwest Greenland.
The islands are named after Amos Bonsall of the Second Grinnell Expedition.
Geography
The Bonsall Islands are a chain of islands, islet ...
.
[''Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute'', p. 88]
See also
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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 ...
References
External links
Explanatory notes to the Geological map of Greenland{{Greenland-geo-stub
Uninhabited islands of Greenland