Sverdrup Island | |
Native Name: | Sverdrup Ø |
Native Name Link: | Danish language |
Image Map Size: | 270px |
Image Map Caption: | Map of Sverdrup Island |
Pushpin Map: | Greenland |
Pushpin Label: | Sverdrup Island |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Sverdrup Island in Greenland |
Coordinates: | 82.9°N -82°W |
Location: | Lincoln Sea |
Waterbody: | Arctic Ocean |
Area Km2: | 436 |
Rank: | 20th largest in Greenland |
Length Km: | 28 |
Width Km: | 20 |
Coastline Km: | 130 |
Elevation M: | 1317 |
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 |
Sverdrup Island (Danish: '''Sverdrup Ø''') is an uninhabited island in the far north of Greenland, in the Northeast Greenland National Park area. It is named after Otto Sverdrup.
Sverdrup Island is located west of Nansen Land, to the north of Freuchen Land off the mouth of J.P. Koch Fjord in the Lincoln Sea, and to the east of Elison Island and John Murray Island.[1] The island has an area of 436 km² and a shoreline of 130 kilometres.[2]
Chipp Sound in the west separates Sverdrup Island from smaller Elison Island and Mascart Sound in the east separates it from Nansen Land. Lemming Fjord has its mouth in the NW side of the island and extends deeply southwards, almost cutting Sverdrup Island in two. The island is mountainous, with the highest summit rising to a height of 1,317 m.[3]