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Sutherland Island

Sutherland Island (Danish: Sutherland Ø; Greenlandic: Tigssarfik) is an island in Baffin Bay, in Avannaata municipality, off the NW shores of Greenland.

Geography

Sutherland Island is located at the southern end of Smith Sound, 5 km (3.1 mi) southeast of Cape Alexander, off the terminus of the Storm Glacier. It is a 1.5 km (0.93 mi) long rocky sandstone island. Its highest point is 90 m (300 ft) high. It is surrounded by ice most of the year.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Sutherland Ø". Mapcarta. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
  2. ^ Sailing Directions (Enroute), Pub. 181: Greenland and Iceland (PDF). Sailing Directions. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2017. p. 74.
  3. ^ Sutherland Island, Greenland