John Murray Island Explained

John Murray Island
Native Name:John Murray Ø
Native Name Link:Danish language
Image Map Size:270px
Image Map Caption:Map of John Murray Island
Pushpin Map:Greenland
Pushpin Label:John Murray Island
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of John Murray Island in Greenland
Coordinates:82.7667°N -90°W
Location:Lincoln Sea
Waterbody:Arctic Ocean
Area Km2:143
Rank:Top 50 largest in Greenland
Coastline Km:47
Elevation M:799
Country:Greenland
Country Admin Divisions Title:Municipality
Country Admin Divisions:Northeast Greenland National Park
Country Area M2:or
Country Area Ha:-->
Population:0
Population As Of:2022
Density Km2:0
Ethnic Groups:Inuit

John Murray Island, Danish John Murray Ø, is an uninhabited island in the far north of Greenland, in the Northeast Greenland National Park area.

Geography

John Murray Island is located off the mouth of J.P. Koch Fjord in the Lincoln Sea, to the west of Sverdrup Island and to the north of Nares Land. The island has an area of 120.9 km ² and a shoreline of 43.1 kilometres.[1] Beaumont Island lies 20 km to the west of the western end of the island.[2]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: UNEP . 2010-07-13 . 2016-04-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160419074937/http://islands.unep.ch/ITP.htm . dead .
  2. Web site: Beaumont Ø. Mapcarta. 9 March 2019.