Castle Island | |
Native Name: | Castle Ø |
Native Name Link: | Danish language |
Image Map Size: | 270px |
Image Map Caption: | Map of Castle Island |
Pushpin Map: | Greenland |
Pushpin Label: | Castle Island |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Castle Island in Greenland |
Location: | Lincoln Sea |
Coordinates: | 82.1833°N -105°W |
Length Km: | 11 |
Width Km: | 4.5 |
Area Km2: | 47.6 |
Elevation M: | 660 |
Country: | Greenland |
Population: | 0 |
Castle Island (Danish: Castle Ø) is an island in far northern Greenland.[1] Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park.
Castle Island is located in Saint Andrew Bay, east of Hendrik Island, in the mouth area of Sherard Osborn Fjord. It is separated from Hendrik Island by a 5km (03miles) wide sound. The northernmost headland of the island is Cape Cleveland and the southernmost Cape Gray.[2]
The island is unglaciated with two lakes between two mountain ridges.[3] The peak in its eastern end reaches 660m (2,170feet). The sea around the island is rarely free from ice.[4]