The McGary Islands is a small coastal island group in
Avannaata
Avannaata (, ) is a municipality of Greenland created on 1 January 2018 from the bulk of the former Qaasuitsup municipality. It encompasses an area of 522,700 km2 and has 10,726 inhabitants.
Geography
In the south, Avannaata is flanked ...
municipality, off NW
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 ...
.
The islands are named after James McGary of the
Second Grinnell Expedition. They are a breeding ground for the
common eider
The common eider (pronounced ) (''Somateria mollissima''), also called St. Cuthbert's duck or Cuddy's duck, is a large ( in body length) sea-duck that is distributed over the northern coasts of Europe, North America and eastern Siberia. It breed ...
.
Geography
The McGary Islands are a cluster of coastal islands, islets and rocks at the southern end of
Peabody Bay
Peabody Bay () is a large bay in northwestern Greenland. Administratively it is part of Avannaata municipality. Geography
Peabody Bay is located on the eastern side of the Kane Basin off the western end of the Humboldt Glacier.
Cape Forbes and ...
about 6 km off
Cape Agassiz and off the southern end of the
Humboldt Glacier
Humboldt Glacier () is one of the major glaciers in northern Greenland.
The glacier is named after German naturalist Alexander von Humboldt and is the widest tidewater glacier in the Northern Hemisphere.
Geography
The Humboldt Glacier borders ...
. The islands are small and are located close to the shore of
Inglefield Land
Inglefield Land is an unglaciated area along the northwestern coast of Greenland. It was named after English explorer Edward Augustus Inglefield.
History
Inglefield Land is noted for its archaeological sites, which show evidence of occupation by ...
, 15 km to the NE of the
Bonsall Islands.
[''Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute'', p. 88]
See also
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List of islands of Greenland
The following is an alphabetical list of the islands of Greenland. Many of these islands have both a Kalaallisut language name and a Indo-European languages, European language name.
Islands and archipelagoes
*Aaluik
*Aasiaat
*Achton Friis Is ...
References
External links
Explanatory notes to the Geological map of Greenland{{Greenland-geo-stub
Uninhabited islands of Greenland