Tobias Island

Tobias Island
Greenlandic: Tuppiap Qeqertaa
Danish: Tobias Ø
Tobias Island
Location of Tobias Island
Geography
Location Greenland Sea
Coordinates 79°20′N 15°48′W / 79.333°N 15.800°W / 79.333; -15.800
Length 2 km (1.2 mi)[1]
Width 1.5 km (0.93 mi)
Administration
Northeast Greenland National Park
Demographics
Population 0 (2013)

Tobias Island (Greenlandic: Tuppiap Qeqertaa, Danish: Tobias Ø) is a small island off the northeastern coast of Greenland.[2]

Geography

Located roughly 70 km from the mouth of the Nioghalvfjerd Fjord in Greenland, the position of Tobias Island was determined with accuracy only in 1993.[1] It is an uninhabited barren knoll measuring 3.0 km2 (1.2 sq mi), 2,000 metres (1.2 mi) long and 1,500 metres (0.93 mi) wide, located in the Greenland Sea. It has been claimed by Greenland (Denmark) since 25 April 2001.[3]

Reported Fata Morgana Land, a phantom island, sightings since 1907 were deemed to be of Tobias Island, although it is located somewhat further south.[2]

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 Ole Bennike, Naja Mikkelsen & Rene Forsberg: "Tobias Ø" - Grønlands Selskab (Danish)
  2. 1 2 "Tuppiap Qeqertaa". Mapcarta. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
  3. ↑ "Første flylanding på nyopdaget ø ud for Nordøstgrønland" Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland
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