Hendrik Ø
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| Waters | Lincoln lake | |
| Geographical location | 82 ° 5 ′ N , 53 ° 30 ′ W | |
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| length | 50 km | |
| width | 14.5 km | |
| surface | 583 km² | |
| Highest elevation | 1100 m | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
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Hendrik Ø is an island belonging to Greenland in the Lincoln Sea . It is located between the Sankt-Georg-Fjord in the west, the Sherard-Osborn-Fjord in the east, and the Hartz-Sound in the southwest. The latter separates the island from Warming Land. The elongated, about 56 km long island stretches from its northernmost point (Dragon Point) first in a southerly, later in a southeastern direction. Its maximum width is 14.5 km, its area 583 km². To the east, in St. Andrew Bugt, is the island of Castle Ø, in the southeast of Permin Land. Hendrik Ø is up to 1000 m high and is not glaciated except for smaller ice caps .
Hendrik Ø was discovered by Lewis Beaumont (1847–1922), an officer of the British Arctic expedition led by George Nares from 1875/76, who entered it on a sledge excursion along the north coast of Greenland and erected a stone man at Dragon Point. Beaumont climbed a nearby mountain which he named Mt. Windham Hornby. The island itself is named after Hendrik Olsen (1884–1917) from Greenland, who was a participant in Knud Rasmussen's 2nd Thule expedition and who disappeared during the hunt on the island.
Individual evidence
- ^ Per Ivar Haug: Gazetteer of Greenland (= Til Oppslysning 15). Universitetsbiblioteket i Trondheim, Trondheim 2005. ISBN 82-7113-114-1 (English).
- ↑ Den grønlandske Lods - Sejladsanvisninger Vestgrønland . Geodatastyrelsen, 2020, ISBN 978-87-92107-91-6 , p. 216 (Danish, gst.dk [PDF]).
- ↑ George S. Nares: Journals and proceedings of the Arctic Expedition, 1875-6 . Harrison, London 1877, p. 379 (English).
- ^ Peter R. Dawes: Historical Records and Relics from the North Greenland Coast . In: Arctic . Vol. 20, No. 3, 1967, pp. 145-220 (English). doi: 10.14430 / arctic3294