John Murray Island

82°46′N 48°42′W / 82.767°N 48.700°W / 82.767; -48.700Adjacent toArctic OceanArea143 km2 (55 sq mi)Area rankTop 50 largest in GreenlandCoastline47 km (29.2 mi)Highest elevation799 m (2621 ft)Administration
Greenland
MunicipalityNortheast Greenland National ParkDemographicsPopulation0 (2022)Pop. density0/km2 (0/sq mi)Ethnic groupsInuit

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

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.

See also

References

  1. ^ "UNEP". Archived from the original on 2016-04-19. Retrieved 2010-07-13.
  2. ^ "Beaumont Ø". Mapcarta. Retrieved 9 March 2019.


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