Steward Island (; also ''Stewart Ø'' in some sources)''Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute'', p. 111 is an uninhabited island in

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, at the eastern end of

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. Administratively it is part of the

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municipality. The island is mountainous and clearly visible from a distance. According to mariners' reports the island is a good landmark for vessels approaching Greenland from the east.

Geography

Steward is a coastal island of the

Blosseville Coast The Blosseville Coast () is a long stretch of coastline in King Christian IX Land, eastern Greenland. Administratively it belongs to the Sermersooq Municipality. The Blosseville Coast is steep and difficult to access by ship owing to the great num ...

located in a bay off the

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. It lies 39 km to the SW of Cape Brewster and 7.5 km to the northeast of the small Manby Peninsula. To the west there is a wide glacier discharging in the bay and the island's western end is attached to the terminus of the glacier, so that it almost forms a peninsula with the mainland. The island is long with a maximum width of . The small Dunholm islets ''(Dunholm Øer)'' lie 4 km to the east and the high

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, an

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rises above the glacier off the northern end of the island at .

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The first view of Greenland flying into Constable Pynt by a Fokker 50Den grønlandske Lods - Sejladsanvisninger Østgrønland East coast of Greenland. From Ihersuak to Umivik Bay. Surveyed during the 7th journey of the British Arctic Air Route Expedition, 1931Gazetteer of Greenland
Uninhabited islands of Greenland Sermersooq

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