Melville Monument (Greenlandic: Usuussarsuaq) is an island in the Avannaata municipality, NW Greenland.[2]
Native name: Usuussarsuaq | |
|---|---|
  Melville Monument | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Melville Bay, Greenland |
| Coordinates | 75°38′N 58°31′W / 75.633°N 58.517°W |
| Highest elevation | 332 m (1089 ft)[1] |
| Administration | |
Greenland | |
| Municipality | Avannaata |
| Demographics | |
| Population | uninhabited |
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]
Literature
edit- Clements R. Markham, Life of Admiral Sir Leopold McClintock,
- T. C. Chamberlin, Glacial Studies in Greenland. III. Coast Glaciers between Disco Island and Inglefield Gulf
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Erik W. Born, Anna Heilmann, Lene Kielsen Holm, Polar Bears in Northwest Greenland, 2011 p. 70
- ^ Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 200
- ^ "Melville Monument". Mapcarta. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
- ^ Geographical Items on North Greenland Encyclopedia Arctica 14
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