Joe Island (Danish: Joe Ø) is an island of the Nares Strait, Greenland. [1] Administratively it belongs to the Avannaata municipality.
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°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 was named after Joe (Ipiirvik or Ebierbing), an Inuit guide who accompanied Charles Francis Hall in the 1871 Polaris expedition.[2][3]
Geography
editJoe 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 Petermann Peninsula, 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]
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See also
editBibliography
edit- George Nares Narrative of a voyage to the Polar Sea during 1875–6 in H.M. ships 'Alert' and 'Discovery'
References
edit- ^ "Joe Ø". Mapcarta. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
- ^ Clements R. Markham, The Lands of Silence, p. 300
- ^ Hannah and Joe on the Map - Nunatsiaq News
- ^ Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 93
External links
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