John Murray Island

John Murray Island, Danish John Murray Ø, is an uninhabited island in the far north of Greenland, in the Northeast Greenland National Park area.

John Murray Island
John Murray Island
Geography
LocationLincoln Sea
Coordinates82°50′N 48°00′W
Area120.9 km2 (46.7 sq mi)
Highest elevation799 m (2,621 ft)
Administration
ZoneNortheast Greenland National Park
Demographics
Population0

Geography

John Murray Island is located off the mouth of J.P. Koch Fjord in the Lincoln Sea, to the west of Sverdrup Island and to the north of Nares Land. The island has an area of 120.9 km ² and a shoreline of 43.1 kilometres.[1] Beaumont Island lies 20 km to the west of the western end of the island.[2]

Illustrations

Map of part of Ellesmere Island and far Northern Greenland.
MODIS Satellite Image of Northern Greenland
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See also

References

  1. UNEP
  2. "Beaumont Ø". Mapcarta. Retrieved 9 March 2019.


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