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Melville Monument (Greenland)

Coordinates: 75°38′N 58°31′W / 75.633°N 58.517°W / 75.633; -58.517
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Melville Monument
Native name:
Usuussarsuaq
Melville Monument is located in Greenland
Melville Monument
Melville Monument
Geography
LocationMelville Bay, Greenland
Coordinates75°38′N 58°31′W / 75.633°N 58.517°W / 75.633; -58.517
Highest elevation332 m (1089 ft)[1]
Administration
Greenland
MunicipalityAvannaata
Demographics
Populationuninhabited

Melville Monument (Greenlandic: Usuussarsuaq) is an island in the Avannaata municipality, NW Greenland.[2]

It was named "Melville Monument" by Arctic explorer Sir John Ross in July 1818.

The island is located in Melville Bay, separated from the coast by a narrow sound.[3] It is a peaked island, familiar to Arctic navigators, similar to Kullorsuaq further south, but smaller.[4]


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  1. ^ Erik W. Born, Anna Heilmann, Lene Kielsen Holm, Polar Bears in Northwest Greenland, 2011 p. 70
  2. ^ Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 200
  3. ^ "Melville Monument". Mapcarta. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
  4. ^ Geographical Items on North Greenland Encyclopedia Arctica 14
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