Melville Monument (Greenland) Explained

Melville Monument
Native Name:Usuussarsuaq
Native Name Link:Greenlandic language
Map:Greenland
Location:Melville Bay, Greenland
Coordinates:75.6333°N -89°W
Elevation M:332
Elevation Footnotes:[1]
Country:Greenland
Country Admin Divisions Title:Municipality
Country Admin Divisions:Avannaata
Population:uninhabited

Melville Monument (Kalaallisut; Greenlandic: Usuussarsuaq) is an island in the Avannaata municipality, NW Greenland.[2]

It was named "Melville Monument" by Arctic explorer Sir John Ross in July 1818.

The island is located in Melville Bay, separated from the coast by a narrow sound.[3] It is a peaked island, familiar to Arctic navigators, similar to Kullorsuaq further south, but smaller.[4]

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  1. Erik W. Born, Anna Heilmann, Lene Kielsen Holm, Polar Bears in Northwest Greenland, 2011 p. 70
  2. Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 200
  3. Web site: Melville Monument. Mapcarta. 31 March 2019.
  4. https://collections.dartmouth.edu/arctica-beta/html/EA14-13.html Geographical Items on North Greenland Encyclopedia Arctica 14