Joe Island (Greenland)
Island in Greenland
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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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  Location within Greenland | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Kennedy Channel/Hall Basin Nares Strait |
| Coordinates | 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 Inuk 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 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
Bibliography
- George Nares Narrative of a voyage to the Polar Sea during 1875–6 in H.M. ships 'Alert' and 'Discovery'
