Stray Dog West is an island in

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 ...

. It is a candidate for the northernmost island on Earth.

History

Stray Dog West was discovered during a 2007 expedition led by

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. The island is four meters above sea level, making it likely that rising oceans will eventually permanently submerge the island. The island was made of sediment with gravel, mud and boulders. It was estimated in 2007 that the island had a landmass of 100 x 60m.

Territorial disputes

In 2007, Denmark sent an icebreaker to the surrounding area in order to find data to attempt an extension of its

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. Russia disagreed with Denmark's proposal and claimed that the ridge underneath the ocean came from Russia, making the Stray Dog West and other disputed islands Russian territory. It is also disputed over whether Stray Dog West counts as an island, as it is submerged at high tide.

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Uninhabited islands of Greenland {{Greenland-geo-stub

History

Territorial disputes

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