Krueger Island
| Krueger Island | ||
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| Waters | Nansen Sound , Arctic Ocean | |
| Archipelago | Queen Elizabeth Islands | |
| Geographical location | 81 ° 34 ′ 12 ″ N , 91 ° 41 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| length | 7.7 km | |
| width | 6.3 km | |
| surface | 33.5 km² | |
| Highest elevation | 525 m | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
Krueger Island is an uninhabited island in the Qikiqtaaluk region of Nunavut , Canada . It belongs to the Queen Elizabeth Islands .
The island is off the Kleybolte Peninsula of Ellesmere Island in Nansen Sound and separated from it by the Bjare Strait, which is less than 1000 meters wide. Krueger Island reaches a length of 7.7 km, a height of 525 meters and has an area of 33.5 km². The island is not glaciated.
Otto Sverdrup was the first to reach Krueger Island as leader of the second expedition with the Fram in 1902, but it was not until the Canadian-US American expedition to Ellesmere Island in 1953 and 1954 led by Geoffrey Hattersley-Smith (1923–2012) that it was named Island named after the German polar explorer Hans Krüger , who passed it in 1930 and is considered lost with his two companions.
Individual evidence
- ↑ G. Hattersley-Smith, AP Crary, RL Christie: Northern Ellesmere Island, 1953 and 1954 (PDF; 5.7 MB). In: Arctic . Volume 8, No. 1, 1955, pp. 2-36 (English).
Web links
- Krueger Island, Nunavut . The Atlas of Canada - Toporama.