Joe Island (Greenland)
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For the island in Australia, see Joe Island (Victoria).
Joe Island (Danish: Joe Ø) is an island of the Nares Strait, Greenland. [1] Administratively it belongs to the Avannaata municipality.
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Geography | |
Location | Kennedy Channel/Hall Basin Nares Strait |
Coordinates | 81.2512°N 63.5295°W / 81.2512; -63.5295 |
Area | 1.1 km2 (0.42 sq mi) |
Length | 1.2 km (0.75 mi) |
Width | 1 km (0.6 mi) |
Highest elevation | 100 m (300 ft) |
Administration | |
Municipality | Avannaata |
Demographics | |
Population | 0 |
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Joe Island was named after Joe (Ipiirvik or Ebierbing), an Inuit guide who accompanied Charles Francis Hall in the 1871 Polaris expedition.[2][3]