McGary Islands
  McGary Islands | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Kane Basin |
| Coordinates | 79°12′25″N 65°55′25″W / 79.206944°N 65.923611°WCoordinates: 79°12′25″N 65°55′25″W / 79.206944°N 65.923611°W |
| Administration | |
| Municipality | Qaasuitsup |
| Demographics | |
| Population | uninhabited |
The McGary Islands is a small coastal island group in the Qaasuitsup municipality, off NW Greenland.[1]
Geography
The McGary Islands are a cluster of islands, islets and rocks at the southern end of Peabody Bay about 6 km off Cape Agassiz. They are all small islands located close to the shore 15 km to the NE of the Bonsall Islands and off the southern end of the Humboldt Glacier.[2][3]
The islands are named after James McGary of the Second Grinnell Expedition.[4] They are a breeding ground for the common eider.
See also
References
- ↑ 1:1,000,000 scale Operational Navigation Chart, Sheet B-8, 3rd edition
- ↑ Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 88
- ↑ McGary Oer, Greenland
- ↑ Kane, Elisha Kent (1857). The United States Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin. Boston: Phillips, Sampson & Co.
External links
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