Joe Island (Greenland)
Joe Ø | |
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  Joe Island | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Kennedy Channel/Hall Basin Nares Strait |
| Coordinates | 81°15′04″N 63°31′46″W / 81.2512°N 63.5295°WCoordinates: 81°15′04″N 63°31′46″W / 81.2512°N 63.5295°W |
| Area | 1.1 km2 (0.42 sq mi) |
| Length | 1.2 km (0.75 mi) |
| Width | 1 km (0.6 mi) |
| Highest elevation | 100 m (300 ft) |
| Administration | |
| Municipality | Avannaata |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 0 |
Joe Island (Danish: Joe Ø) is an island of the Nares Strait, Greenland. [1] Administratively it belongs to the Avannaata municipality.
Joe Island was named after Joe (Ipiirvik or Ebierbing), an Inuit guide who accompanied Charles Francis Hall in the 1871 Polaris expedition.[2][3]
Geography[]
Joe Island lies in the Kennedy Channel at the limit of the Hall Basin. It is located about 4 km north of Cape Morton, off the northern end of the , to the northwest of the mouth of Petermann Fjord. The waters around the island are icebound most of the year.
The island is mushroom-shaped. It has an area of 1.1 km2 and an elevation of 100 meters.[4]
 Map of part of Ellesmere Island and far Northern Greenland. |
See also[]
Bibliography[]
- George Nares Narrative of a voyage to the Polar Sea during 1875–6 in H.M. ships 'Alert' and 'Discovery'
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