John Murray Island, Danish John Murray Ø, is an uninhabited island in the far north of

Greenland Greenland is an autonomous territory in the Danish Realm, Kingdom of Denmark. It is by far the largest geographically of three constituent parts of the kingdom; the other two are metropolitan Denmark and the Faroe Islands. Citizens of Greenlan ...

, in the

Northeast Greenland National Park Northeast Greenland National Park (, ) is the world's largest national park and the 10th largest protected area (the only larger protected areas consist mostly of sea). Established in 1974, the Northeast Greenland national park expanded to its p ...

area.

Geography

John Murray Island is located off the mouth of J.P. Koch Fjord in the

Lincoln Sea Lincoln Sea (; ) is a body of water in the Arctic Ocean, stretching from Cape Columbia, Canada, in the west to Cape Morris Jesup, Greenland, in the east. The northern limit is defined as the great circle line between those two headlands. It is co ...

, to the west of Sverdrup Island and to the north of

Nares Land Nares Land or Naresland is an island in far northern Greenland. The island is named after Polar explorer Sir George Nares. Geography The island lies between the Victoria Fjord and the Nordenskjöld Fjord separated from the Freuchen Land Peninsu ...

. The island has an area of 120.9 km ² and a shoreline of 43.1 kilometres.

Beaumont Island Neny Fjord () is a bay, long in an east–west direction and wide, between Red Rock Ridge and Roman Four Promontory on the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. Location Neny Fjord is in the east of the larger Marguerite Bay in Graham Land ...

lies 20 km to the west of the western end of the island.

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Uninhabited islands of Greenland Islands of the Arctic Ocean {{Greenland-geo-stub

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