Gretha Islands Explained

Gretha Islands
Pushpin Map:Canada Nunavut#Canada
Native Name Link:Inuktitut
Location:Eureka Sound
Coordinates:78.9167°N 114°W
Archipelago:Sverdrup Islands
Queen Elizabeth Islands
Arctic Archipelago
Total Islands:3
Country:Canada
Country Admin Divisions Title:Territory
Country Admin Divisions:Nunavut
Country Admin Divisions Title 1:Region
Country Admin Divisions 1:Qikiqtaaluk
Population:Uninhabited

The Gretha Islands (variant: Grethas Ōer) are an uninhabited island group located in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. They are situated in Eureka Sound at the confluence of Bay Fjord, north of Ellesmere Island's Raanes Peninsula, and east of Stor Island. They are members of the Sverdrup Islands group, Queen Elizabeth Islands, and the Arctic Archipelago.

The three Gretha Islands were named by the Norwegian explorer Otto Sverdrup.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Sverdrup, Otto Neumann . Per Schei . Herman Georg Simmons . Edvard Bay . Ethel Harriet Hearn (translator). New land: four years in the Arctic regions. Longmans, Green, and Co.. 1904. Digitized Nov 6, 2008. 4. 290.