Beaumont Island (Greenland)
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For the island in Antarctica, see Beaumont Island.
Beaumont Island (Danish: Beaumont Ø) is an island of the Lincoln Sea, Greenland.[2] Administratively it belongs to the Northeast Greenland National Park.
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Beaumont Ø | |
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Geography | |
Location | Lincoln Sea |
Coordinates | 82°43′56″N 50°41′56″W |
Area | 13.2 km2 (5.1 sq mi)[1] |
Length | 4.3 km (2.67 mi) |
Width | 3.5 km (2.17 mi) |
Highest elevation | 399 m (1309 ft) |
Administration | |
Zone | Northeast Greenland National Park |
Demographics | |
Population | 0 |
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The inclusion of this island in determining the international boundary between Canadian and Danish waters was formerly a subject of disagreement following a 1973 treaty that left parts of the offshore boundary undefined, until the boundary in the Lincoln Sea was formalized in 2022.[3][4]