da, Tobias Ø , sobriquet = , image_name = , image_size = , image_caption = , image_alt = , map = Greenland , map_caption = Location of Tobias Island , location = Greenland Sea , coordinates = , archipelago = , waterbody = , total_islands = , major_islands = , area_km2 = , area_footnotes = , rank = , length_km = 2 , length_footnotes = Ole Bennike, Naja Mikkelsen & Rene Forsberg
"Tobias Ø"
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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 ...

(

Denmark ) , song = ( en, "King Christian stood by the lofty mast") , song_type = National and royal anthem , image_map = EU-Denmark.svg , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of Denmark , establish ...

) , country_admin_divisions_title = , country_admin_divisions = Northeast Greenland National Park , country_admin_divisions_title_1 = , country_admin_divisions_1 = , country_admin_divisions_title_2 = , country_admin_divisions_2 = , country_capital = , country_largest_city = , country_largest_city_population = , country_leader_title = , country_leader_name = , country_1 = , country_1_admin_divisions_title = , country_1_admin_divisions = , country_1_admin_divisions_title_1 = , country_1_admin_divisions_1 = , country_1_admin_divisions_title_2 = , country_1_admin_divisions_2 = , country_1_capital_city = , country_1_largest_city = , country_1_largest_city_population = , country_1_leader_title = , country_1_leader_name = , demonym = , population = 0 , population_as_of = 2013 , population_footnotes = , density_km2 = , density_footnotes = , ethnic_groups = , website = , additional_info = Tobias Island ( kl, Tuppiap Qeqertaa, da, Tobias Ø) is a small island off the northeastern coast of

. The island was named in honour of Greenlandic dogsled expert

Tobias Gabrielsen Tobias is the transliteration of the Greek which is a translation of the Hebrew biblical name he, טוֹבִיה, Toviyah, JahGod is good, label=none. With the biblical Book of Tobias being present in the Deuterocanon/Apocrypha of the Bible, To ...

who went with Johan Peter Koch and

Aage Bertelsen Aage Bertelsen (28 September 1873 – 9 September 1945) was a Danish painter. He was a member of the Denmark Expedition to North-East Greenland. He has also worked for Kähler Keramik in Næstved. Biography Early life and career Aage Bertels ...

to map the unknown eastern coast of

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 nort ...

to the southeast of

Cape Bridgman Cape Bridgman ( da, Kap Bridgman) is a headland in the Wandel Sea, Arctic Ocean, northeast Greenland. The cape was named by Robert Peary after Herbert L. Bridgman, one of the members of the Peary Arctic Club in New York. Geography Cape Bridg ...

during the Denmark expedition 1906–1908, while Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen's ill-fated team went west to map the

Independence Fjord Independence Fjord or Independence Sound is a large fjord or sound in the eastern part of northern Greenland. It is about long and up to wide. Its mouth, opening to the Wandel Sea of the Arctic Ocean is located at . In the area around Independe ...

. G. Amdrup:
Report on the Danmark Expedition to the North-East Coast of Greenland 1906–1908
'. In: ''Meddelelser om Grønland'' 41, 1913, p. 124

Geography

Located roughly 70 km from the mouth of the

Nioghalvfjerd Fjord Nioghalvfjerdsbrae (), sometimes referred to as " 79 N Glacier", is a large glacier located in King Frederick VIII Land, northeastern Greenland. It drains an area of of the Greenland Ice Sheet with a flux (quantity of ice moved from the land to ...

, to the ENE of the

Norske Islands Norske Islands, da, Norske Øer; meaning 'Norse Islands', is a group of two uninhabited islands of the Greenland Sea, Greenland. They were named by the Denmark expedition in honor of the two Norwegian expedition members. Geography The Norske I ...

, the position of Tobias Island was determined with accuracy only in 1993. It is an uninhabited barren knoll measuring , long and wide, located in the Greenland Sea. It has been claimed by

(

) since 25 April 2001."Første flylanding på nyopdaget ø ud for Nordøstgrønland"

Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland The Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland ( da, Danmarks og Grønlands Geologiske Undersøgelse, GEUS) is the independent sector research institute under the Danish Ministry of Climate and Energy. GEUS is an advisory, research and survey i ...

Reported

Fata Morgana Land Fata Morgana Land ( da, Fata Morgana Landet) is a phantom island first sighted in the Arctic, off the north-eastern coast of Greenland in 1907 by J.P. Koch and Aage Bertelsen. It has been reported between Greenland and Svalbard, at the northern ...

, a phantom island, sightings since 1907 were deemed to be of Tobias Island, although it is located somewhat further south.

Notes

{{Reflist Uninhabited islands of Greenland

Geography

See also

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