Gretha Islands
| Gretha Islands | ||
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| Waters | Bay Fiord, Arctic Ocean | |
| archipelago | Sverdrup Islands | |
| Geographical location | 78 ° 56 ′ N , 84 ° 29 ′ W | |
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| Number of islands | 3 | |
| Total land area | 4.5 km² | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
The Gretha Islands ( Norwegian Grethas Øer ) are an uninhabited group of islands in the Qikiqtaaluk region of Nunavut , Canada . They belong to the Sverdrup Islands group within the Queen Elizabeth Islands .
geography
The three islands are located close together in the Bay Fiord of Ellesmere Island , about 10 km east of its confluence with Eureka Sound . The coast of Ellesmere Island is 4.2 km to the northeast and 5.9 km to the south. To the west of Eureka Sound are Hat Island and Stor Island . The largest of the three islands reaches a height of 260 m.
history
The archipelago was named by Otto Sverdrup during the Second Norwegian Expedition with the Fram . On May 30, 1901, he climbed the highest point on the largest island. Like the other islands discovered by the expedition, Sverdrup took possession of Grethas Øer for Norway , which, however, never exercised its sovereign rights . They have been part of Canada since 1930.
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Atlas of Canada , input: "Gretha Islands"
- ^ Otto Sverdrup: New Land , Vol. 2, Longmans, Green and Co., London 1904, p. 290 (English).