Beaumont Island (Greenland)

For the island in Antarctica, see Beaumont Island.
Beaumont Island
Beaumont Ø
Map
Map of Beaumont Island
Beaumont Island is located in Greenland
Beaumont Island
Beaumont Island
Location of Beaumont Island in Greenland
Geography
LocationLincoln Sea
Coordinates82°43′56″N 50°41′56″W / 82.73222°N 50.69889°W / 82.73222; -50.69889
Area13.2 km2 (5.1 sq mi)[1]
Length4.3 km (2.67 mi)
Width3.5 km (2.17 mi)
Highest elevation399 m (1309 ft)
Administration
ZoneNortheast Greenland National Park
Demographics
Population0

Beaumont Island (Danish: Beaumont Ø) is an island of the Lincoln Sea, Greenland.[2] Administratively it belongs to the Northeast Greenland National Park.

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]

Geography

Beaumont Island lies in the Lincoln Sea to the NNW of the mouth of Victoria Fjord. It is located almost 40 km NNE of Cape May, at the northern end of Wulff Land and 20 km west of John Murray Island. The waters around the island are icebound most of the year.

Map of part of Ellesmere Island and far Northern Greenland.
MODIS Satellite Image of Northern Greenland

See also

Bibliography

  • Michael Byers, Who Owns the Arctic?: Understanding Sovereignty Disputes in the North
  • George Nares Narrative of a voyage to the Polar Sea during 1875–6 in H.M. ships 'Alert' and 'Discovery'

References

  1. ^ Michael Byers, International Law and the Arctic, p. 47
  2. ^ "Beaumont Ø". Mapcarta. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  3. ^ "Canada and Kingdom of Denmark Reach Tentative Agreement on Lincoln Sea Boundary Backgrounder". Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada. 2012. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
  4. ^ "Boundary dispute Backgrounder". Global Affairs Canada. 2022. Retrieved 14 June 2022.


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