The McGary Islands is a small coastal island group in Avannaata municipality, off NW Greenland.[1]

McGary Islands
McGary Islands is located in Greenland
McGary Islands
McGary Islands
Geography
LocationKane Basin
Coordinates79°12′25″N 65°55′25″W / 79.206944°N 65.923611°W / 79.206944; -65.923611
Administration
MunicipalityAvannaata
Demographics
Populationuninhabited

The islands are named after James McGary of the Second Grinnell Expedition.[2] They are a breeding ground for the common eider.

Geography

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The McGary Islands are a cluster of coastal islands, islets and rocks at the southern end of Peabody Bay about 6 km off Cape Agassiz and off the southern end of the Humboldt Glacier. The islands are small and are located close to the shore of Inglefield Land, 15 km to the NE of the Bonsall Islands.[3]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "1:1,000,000 scale Operational Navigation Chart, Sheet B-8, 3rd edition".
  2. ^ Kane, Elisha Kent (1857). The United States Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin. Boston: Phillips, Sampson & Co.
  3. ^ Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 88
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