Steward Island ( da, Steward Ø; also ''Stewart Ø'' in some sources)
[''Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute'', p. 111] is an uninhabited island in
King Christian IX Land, at the eastern end 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 is t ...
. Administratively it is part of the
Sermersooq municipality.
The island is mountainous and clearly visible from a distance. According to mariners' reports the island is a good landmark for vessels approaching Greenland from the east.
Geography
Steward is a coastal island of the
Blosseville Coast
The Blosseville Coast ( da, Blosseville Kyst) is a long stretch of coast in King Christian IX Land, eastern Greenland. Administratively it belongs to the Sermersooq Municipality.
The Blosseville Coast is steep and difficult to access by ship owing ...
located in a bay off the
Savoia Peninsula. It lies 39 km to the SW of
Cape Brewster
Cape Brewster ( da, Kap Brewster; kl, Kangikajik, meaning 'the bad cape') is a headland in the Greenland Sea, east Greenland, Sermersooq municipalities of Greenland, municipality.
History
This headland was named Cape Brewster by William Scoresby ...
and 7.5 km to the northeast of the small
Manby Peninsula. To the west there is a wide glacier discharging in the bay and the island's western end is attached to the terminus of the glacier, so that it almost forms a peninsula with the mainland.
The island is long with a maximum width of .
The small Dunholm islets ''(Dunholm Øer)'' lie 4 km to the east and the high
Pyramiden, an
ultra-prominent peak rises above the glacier off the northern end of the island at .
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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
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External links
The first view of Greenland flying into Constable Pynt by a Fokker 50Den grønlandske Lods - Sejladsanvisninger Østgrønland East coast of Greenland. From Ihersuak to Umivik Bay. Surveyed during the 7th journey of the British Arctic Air Route Expedition, 1931Gazetteer of Greenland
Uninhabited islands of Greenland
Sermersooq