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Melville Monument (Greenlandic: Usuussarsuaq) is an island in the Avannaata municipality, NW Greenland.[2]

Melville Monument

Native name: Usuussarsuaq
Melville Monument
Geography
Location	Melville Bay, Greenland
Coordinates	75°38′N 58°31′W
Highest elevation	332 m (1089 ft)[1]
Administration
Greenland
Municipality	Avannaata
Demographics
Population	uninhabited

It was named "Melville Monument" by Arctic explorer Sir John Ross in July 1818.

The island is located in Melville Bay, separated from the coast by a narrow sound.[3] It is a peaked island, familiar to Arctic navigators, similar to Kullorsuaq further south, but smaller.[4]

Literature

• Clements R. Markham, Life of Admiral Sir Leopold McClintock,
• T. C. Chamberlin, Glacial Studies in Greenland. III. Coast Glaciers between Disco Island and Inglefield Gulf

See also

• List of islands of Greenland

References

External links

• Seabird colonies in the Melville Bay, Northwest Greenland

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