Shannon Island ( da, Shannon Ø) is a large island in
Northeast Greenland National Park in eastern
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 ...
, to the east of
Hochstetter Foreland
Queen Margrethe II Land ( da, Dronning Margrethe II Land) is a peninsula in the northern limit of King Christian X Land, northeastern Greenland. Administratively it belongs to the NE Greenland National Park area. History
The peninsula was named aft ...
, with an area of . It was named by
Douglas Charles Clavering
Captain Douglas Charles Clavering RN FRS (8 September 1794 – mid-1827) was an officer of the British Royal Navy and Arctic explorer.
Biography
Early life and career
Clavering was born at Holyrood House, the eldest son of Brigadier-General H ...
on his 1823 expedition for the
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against ...
frigate
HMS ''Shannon'', a 38 gun frigate on which he served as midshipman under Sir
Philip Broke
Sir Philip Bowes Vere Broke, 1st Baronet (; 9 September 1776 – 2 January 1841) was a distinguished officer in the British Royal Navy. During his lifetime, he was often referred to as "Broke of the ''Shannon''", a reference to his notable comm ...
.
The island is also home to many different types of animals such as polar bears, walruses, ravens, and oxen.
History
Most landmarks in the area were named by the Second German Polar Expedition under
Carl Koldewey in 1869–70. Between October 1943 and June 1944, the German meteorological expedition ''Bassgeiger'' operated under difficult conditions at Kap Sussi on Shannon. Their ship ''Coburg'' was wrecked off Shannon. The station was discovered by hunters, but the crew was evacuated by air to Norway.
The island is the site of several hunter's cabins and is reputed to have especially favorable ice conditions.
Geography
Shannon Island is a coastal island, separated from
Hochstetter Foreland
Queen Margrethe II Land ( da, Dronning Margrethe II Land) is a peninsula in the northern limit of King Christian X Land, northeastern Greenland. Administratively it belongs to the NE Greenland National Park area. History
The peninsula was named aft ...
in the mainland by the
Shannon Sound
Shannon may refer to:
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* Shannon (given name)
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, a 200 m deep sound of the
Greenland Sea.
The islands that are located nearby are
Kuhn Island
Kuhn Island ( da, Kuhn Ø) is a coastal island in Hochstetter Bay, eastern Greenland. There are coal deposits on the island.
The island was discovered by the Second German North Polar Expedition (1869-1870) and is named after Franz Kuhn von ...
to the southwest further inshore and the
Pendulum Islands
Little Pendulum Island ( da, Lille Pedulum Ø) is an island in Eastern Greenland, in the Northeast Greenland National Park.
History
The island was named by Douglas Charles Clavering’s 1823 expedition, during which the Irish scientist Edward Sa ...
about 12 km to the south.
Shannon Ø
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Image gallery
See also
* List of islands of Greenland
References
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Uninhabited islands of Greenland